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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2010
Lawrence W. Wales, Maplewood, MN (US);
Ishmael Bentley, Eagan, MN (US);
Emily Daley, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Michael Lancial, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Lawrence W. Wales, Maplewood, MN (US);
Ishmael Bentley, Eagan, MN (US);
Emily Daley, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Michael Lancial, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Anulex Technologies, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
A device for at least partially closing an aperture in an annulus fibrosus of an intervertebral disc of a patient comprises an implant delivery tool and an implant releasably coupled to the implant delivery tool. The implant delivery tool includes a substantially rigid outer tube having a sharpened distal tip, a body a body coupled to the proximal section of the outer tube, and a plunger assembly movable axially relative to the body and including a plunger member and a pusher tube coupled thereto and disposed within the outer tube. The implant includes first and second tissue anchors serially disposed within the distal section of the outer tube, and a flexible connecting element coupling the first and second tissue anchors including a knotless braided suture structure for adjusting the length of the flexible coupling element.