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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 06, 2016
Applicant:

Tenjin Llc, Brazoria, TX (US);

Inventors:

Christopher P. Dougherty, Rogers, AR (US);

Gary R. Heisler, Brazoria, TX (US);

Robert A. Van Wyk, St. Pete Beach, FL (US);

Assignee:

Tenjin LLC, Brazoria, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/0811 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/0483 (2013.01); A61B 17/0485 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0427 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06042 (2013.01); A61B 2090/034 (2016.02); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02); A61F 2002/0841 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0858 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0888 (2013.01);
Abstract

Using the simplified placement system and method for a tissue graft anchor of the present invention, a surgeon may introduce one or more sutures into a hole in a boney tissue, apply a precise amount of tension to the sutures to advance a soft tissue graft to a desired location, and then advance the anchor into the bone, preferably while maintaining the requisite pre-determined suture tension and without introducing spin to the suture. Particularly preferred embodiments of the present invention relate to multi-anchor constructs. Multi-anchor constructs of the present invention may employ threaded implants exclusively, push-in implants exclusively, or a combination of threaded and push-in implants.


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