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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2013
Applicant:
James Woodfin Kennedy, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Inventor:
James Woodfin Kennedy, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of using a tenolysis tool with a handle connected to at least two extension members which could be tines of a fork separated by a gap. Between the extension members and at least a portion of the handle may be a torque device selected from the group of a torque release and a torque indicator. By placing a tendon in the gap between the tines, the tool can be twisted so that the tendon is stretched under a torque.