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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2011
Raymond A. Bojarski, Attleboro, MA (US);
George Sikora, Bridgewater, MA (US);
Paul Alexander Torrie, Marblehead, MA (US);
Steven W. Ek, Bolton, MA (US);
Raymond A. Bojarski, Attleboro, MA (US);
George Sikora, Bridgewater, MA (US);
Paul Alexander Torrie, Marblehead, MA (US);
Steven W. Ek, Bolton, MA (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for tissue repair includes first and second fixation members configured to secure tissue together, a flexible coupling member coupling the first and second fixation members, the flexible coupling member having two terminal ends, one of the two terminal ends terminating adjacent one of the first and second fixation members, the flexible coupling member slidably coupled to at least one of the first and second fixation members such that when the other of the two terminal ends of the flexible coupling member is pulled, a length of the flexible coupling member between the first and second fixation members is shortened, and a closed loop of flexible material, the flexible coupling member being slidably received through the closed loop of flexible material.