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Patent No.:

US 8062295 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2009
Applicants:

Dennis Mcdevitt, Upton, MA (US);

James E. Nicholson, Lincoln, MA (US);

Inventors:

Dennis McDevitt, Upton, MA (US);

James E. Nicholson, Lincoln, MA (US);

Assignee:

DePuy Mitek, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An improved method for attaching soft tissue to bone by passing a suture through an opening in the bone, e.g., a transosseous tunnel, and affixing the soft tissue with the suture. The improvement, for preventing the suture from migrating through the bone at the end of the opening, includes placing a eyelet into an end of the bone opening and passing the suture through the eyelet, as well as through the opening in the bone, in order to affix the soft tissue to the bone with the suture.


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McDevitt, Dennis. (2011). Methods and apparatus for preventing migration of sutures through transosseous tunnels (U.S. Patent No. 8062295). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8062295

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