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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2010
Ray Bojarski, Attleboro, MA (US);
George Sikora, Bridgewater, MA (US);
Paul Alexander Torrie, Marblehead, MA (US);
Steven Ek, Bolton, MA (US);
Ray Bojarski, Attleboro, MA (US);
George Sikora, Bridgewater, MA (US);
Paul Alexander Torrie, Marblehead, MA (US);
Steven Ek, Bolton, MA (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
A method of closing a tissue wound includes providing a wound closure device having a first fastener, a second fastener, and a flexible member extending between the first and second fasteners and movably attached to the second fastener by a one-way knot formed in the flexible member between the first and second fastener, positioning the first fastener against tissue, passing the flexible member across the wound, positioning the second fastener against tissue, and pulling on a free end of the flexible member to shorten a length of the flexible member between the first and second fasteners, thereby closing the wound.