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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1999
Herbert E. Schwartz, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Thomas C. May, Winona Kale, IN (US);
Stuart Fromm, Rapid City, SD (US);
Robert-Jan Enzerink, Davis, CA (US);
Eric Hubbard, Modesto, CA (US);
John Margetts, Bountiful, UT (US);
Keith Denlinger, Warsaw, IN (US);
David Cox, Warsaw, IN (US);
DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
The invention disclosed is a device for repairing a soft tissue defect, particularly a defect in the meniscus of a knee. The device comprises an outer wall anchor for engaging against an outside wall of the meniscus on a first side of the defect, an inner meniscal anchor engaging an inner surface of the meniscus on a second side of the defect, the inner meniscal anchor having a locking mechanism, and a suture adjustably connecting the outer wall anchor to the inner meniscal anchor. Tension on the suture pulls the defect together and the locking mechanism then locks the suture in place.