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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2011
Steven William Astorino, Foxboro, MA (US);
Peter Klindt Sorensen, Salem, MA (US);
Laura Lindsey Mills, Brighton, MA (US);
Steven William Astorino, Foxboro, MA (US);
Peter Klindt Sorensen, Salem, MA (US);
Laura Lindsey Mills, Brighton, MA (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Andover, MA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a flexible fixation member having a body with a longitudinal extent and a width, the body defining a plurality of openings through the body, each of the plurality of openings formed substantially cross wise through the width of the body, and a suture having two terminal ends, the suture being interwoven through each of the plurality of openings in the body of the fixation member such that multiple portions of the fixation member are slidably coupled to the suture and configurable to form a cluster within a surgical site.