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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2022
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics Ag, Zug, CH;
Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Singapore, SG;
Rick Fu, Randolph, MA (US);
Christopher David Maccready, Medfield, MA (US);
Geoffrey Ian Karasic, Raynham, MA (US);
Carrie Deborah Burgess, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Belin Mirabile, Brookline, MA (US);
Bernard Kilroy, Norwell, MA (US);
Francheska Torres, Charlton, MA (US);
Gregory Gorham, Billerica, MA (US);
Miles Malone, Alameda, CA (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Zug, CH;
Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A system for harvesting a tendon graft is disclosed, the system including a retractor, a guide and at least one harvesting tool. The retractor holds open an anatomic space in a patient above the tendon. The guide assembles with the retractor to orient a guide shaft along the retractor and thereby the anatomic space. A first harvesting tool and the guide include a plurality of surfaces that cooperate with each other to transect the tendon and form at least one side of the tendon graft, the plurality of surfaces cooperating to limit a trajectory and a depth of cut into the tendon and also limiting both ends of the translational extent of the harvesting tool along the tendon. A second harvesting tool may extend along the anatomic space formed by the retractor and form both a posterior cut along the tendon and transect a tendon graft end.