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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Orthopeutics, L.p., Lexington, KY (US);
Inventors:
Thomas P. Hedman, Lexington, KY (US);
Pawel Slusarewicz, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
Orthopeutics, L. P., Lexington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61L 27/54 (2006.01); A61L 31/04 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61L 27/18 (2006.01); A61L 27/34 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01); A61L 27/58 (2006.01); A61F 2/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/54 (2013.01); A61F 2/30756 (2013.01); A61L 27/18 (2013.01); A61L 27/34 (2013.01); A61L 27/505 (2013.01); A61L 27/58 (2013.01); A61L 31/043 (2013.01); A61L 31/14 (2013.01); A61F 2/0063 (2013.01); A61F 2/3872 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0067 (2013.01); A61L 2300/412 (2013.01); A61L 2430/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of treating a tear in a knee meniscus of a patient. The method includes exposing the torn knee meniscus to a protein crosslinker during surgery to repair the tear. Also provided is a fixation device for the surgical repair of tears of the meniscus of the knee, where the device contains one or more protein crosslinking reagents.