Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tissue repair
- Patent Title (中): 组织修复
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Application No.: US13016389Application Date: 2011-01-28
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Publication No.: US08795334B2Publication Date: 2014-08-05
- Inventor: Steven William Astorino , Peter Klindt Sorensen , Laura Lindsey Mills
- Applicant: Steven William Astorino , Peter Klindt Sorensen , Laura Lindsey Mills
- Applicant Address: US MA Andover
- Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Andover
- Agency: Burns & Levinson LLP
- Agent Joseph M. Maraia
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/06

Abstract:
An apparatus includes a flexible fixation member having a body with a longitudinal extent and a width, the body defining a plurality of openings through the body, each of the plurality of openings formed substantially cross wise through the width of the body, and a suture having two terminal ends, the suture being interwoven through each of the plurality of openings in the body of the fixation member such that multiple portions of the fixation member are slidably coupled to the suture and configurable to form a cluster within a surgical site.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120197271A1 TISSUE REPAIR Public/Granted day:2012-08-02
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