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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2011
Jeffrey Wyman, Naples, FL (US);
Michael Charles Ferragamo, Foster, RI (US);
Stephen Santangelo, Sturbridge, MA (US);
Jeffrey Wyman, Naples, FL (US);
Michael Charles Ferragamo, Foster, RI (US);
Stephen Santangelo, Sturbridge, MA (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
An assembly and method for reattaching tissue to bone from which the tissue had detached including a tissue fixation member will with a narrow cross section and a suture securely attached to the fixation member, the fixation member being configured to secure the detached tissue, a suture anchor fixable in bone at the region of reattachment, the anchor having an eyelet, the anchor including a textured outer surface, the suture having a free end passable through the eyelet to enable the detached tissue to be drawn into engagement with the bone at the region of reattachment.