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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
May. 19, 2011
Applicants:
Michael A. Wack, Warsaw, IN (US);
Kevin T. Stone, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Gregory J. Denham, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Michael A. Wack, Warsaw, IN (US);
Kevin T. Stone, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Gregory J. Denham, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
BIOMET SPORTS MEDICINE, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/11 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/0483 (2013.01); A61F 2/0811 (2013.01); A61B 17/1146 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00889 (2013.01); A61B 2017/042 (2013.01); A61B 2017/044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0406 (2013.01); A61B 2017/047 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0412 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0429 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0437 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0441 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0446 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06176 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0841 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0852 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0888 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a flexible member and a tissue engaging member fixed to the flexible member. The tissue engaging member includes a barb preformed to extend rearward from a distal end of the flexible member at an acute angle relative to the flexible member.