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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Dooney, Jr., Naples, FL (US);
Alan M. Hirahara, Gold River, CA (US);
Assignee:
Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0406 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0412 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06185 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for soft tissue to bone repairs, without knot tying. The soft tissue repair systems include self-cinching constructs with splices and loops having attached flexible materials that are pre-loaded onto modified knotless anchors (for example, swivel and/or screw-in suture anchors and/or push-in suture anchors with a distal eyelet) to position the self-locking, adjustable construct at the repair site. The systems allow for knotless tensioning of the tissue after the knotless anchors have been implanted.