Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tissue repair assembly
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Application No.: US13677112Application Date: 2012-11-14
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Publication No.: US09962149B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Treg Brown , Nathaniel Cohen , Robert Fernandez , Richard D'Elia , Christopher D'Elia , Annette Branger , Steve Golden , Marnette Atkinson , Stewart Kume
- Applicant: ArthroCare Corporation
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: ArthroCare Corporation
- Current Assignee: ArthroCare Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agent Norman F. Hainer, Jr.
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04

Abstract:
A tissue repair assembly for attachment of tissue to bone or tissue to tissue having a soft anchoring implant 100 with a length of suture 120 there through for tensioning the implant and facilitating attachment of other tissue. The implant 100 is a soft, flexible, three-dimensional structure that has a resident volume 200. An inserter tube 310 facilitates the placement of the implant 100 into bone or adjacent soft tissue where it may be deployed. Upon deployment, the soft anchoring implant 100 shortens axially and expands radially, achieving a larger diameter than the hole through which it was placed, thus resisting pull out.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130123810A1 TISSUE REPAIR ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2013-05-16
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