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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1998
Gregory A Demopulos, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Stephen A Yencho, Menlo Park, CA (US);
David A Herrin, Seattle, WA (US);
Neil G McIlvaine, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael D Nelson, Seattle, WA (US);
Milton R Sigelmann, Seattle, WA (US);
Jose TV. de Castro, Newton, MA (US);
George Selecman, Marblehead, MA (US);
John Collins, N. Turramurra, AU;
Imrann Aziz, Stanford, CA (US);
Gorm Bressner, Providence, RI (US);
Nicholas R Kalayjian, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles S McCall, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert W Mericle, Eden, NC (US);
Omeros Medical Systems, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A rigid or semi-rigid reinforcement member is inserted into or over the damaged portion of an injured tendon or ligament. The tendon or ligament is connected to the reinforcement member such that the cord-member combination can immediately withstand normal tensile forces. The interconnection can be mechanical, such as by pins extending through the sleeve reinforcement member and cord. The sleeve can be bioabsorbable over a sufficiently long period of time that the cord is healed by the time the sleeve is absorbed.