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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 02, 2022
Applicants:

Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);

Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics Ag, Zug, CH;

Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Mark E. Housman, North Attleboro, MA (US);

Marc J. Balboa, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Benjamin M. Hall, Roslindale, MA (US);

Jay A. Shah, Brighton, MA (US);

Jon-Paul Rogers, North Smithfield, RI (US);

Nehal N. Patel, Boston, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 2017/042 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01);
Abstract

A knotless tissue repair construct is disclosed herein. The construct includes a soft anchor body, with a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. The construct also includes a repair suture fixedly coupled to the anchor body. The construct also includes a transfer suture interwoven repeatedly through and along the anchor body defining a transfer path. Tension on at least one of the repair suture and transfer suture may deploy the anchor body. A transfer suture first end may transfer the repair suture through the anchor body to form a repair loop that may knotless lock the tissue repair construct.


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