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Patent No.:

US 9629706 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2013
Applicants:

Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);

Konsei Shino, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Konsei Shino, Osaka, JP;

Stephen Santangelo, Sturbridge, MA (US);

Jeffrey Wyman, Naples, FL (US);

Assignee:

Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/0811 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 2017/044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0445 (2013.01); A61F 2002/087 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0817 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0829 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0841 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0847 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0852 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0858 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0882 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an assembly for fixing a ligament in bone. The assembly includes a suspension member and an implant having a mechanism for fixedly receiving the suspension member and at least partially suspending the suspension member and the received bone graft within the implant, allowing for bony in-growth. A method of fixing a ligament in bone is also disclosed.


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Shino, Konsei. (2017). Ligament reconstruction fixation system (U.S. Patent No. 9629706). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9629706

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