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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2020
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics Ag, Zug, CH;
Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Singapore, SG;
Miles Malone, New Durham, NH (US);
Christopher D. Maccready, Medfield, MA (US);
Ali Hosseini, Quincy, MA (US);
Mark Edwin Housman, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Chun Liu, Brookline, MA (US);
James Hunt, Hanover, MA (US);
Jacob Peabody, Londonderry, NH (US);
Paul Mcgovern, Hanson, MA (US);
Han Teik Yeoh, Albany, MA (US);
Paul Alexander Torrie, Marblehead, MA (US);
Mason James Bettenga, Memphis, TN (US);
Anil S. Ranawat, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Lawrence Ferraiuolo, Randolph, NJ (US);
Geoffrey Ian Karasic, Raynham, MA (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Zug, CH;
Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Methods and devices for tissue graft fixation include fixation devices attached to an adjustable fixation loop of suture without compromising the graft or requiring additional material to complete the repair. Other fixation devices are attachable to an independent adjustable suture system. Adjustable fixation loops minimize slip/creep of the suture within the loop.