Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surgical fastening
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Application No.: US17387167Application Date: 2021-07-28
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Publication No.: US11712232B2Publication Date: 2023-08-01
- Inventor: Pascal Boileau , Mason James Bettenga , Christoph Haessig , Dirk Wunderle , Alexander Iwan Seidl , Oliver Streit , Stephen Anthony Santangelo
- Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TN Memphis
- Assignee: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
- Current Assignee: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Memphis
- Agency: Burns & Levinson, LLP
- Agent Joseph M. Maraia
- The original application number of the division: US15097824 2016.04.13
- Main IPC: A61B17/02
- IPC: A61B17/02 ; A61B17/56 ; A61B17/88 ; A61B17/17 ; A61B17/68 ; A61B17/16 ; A61B17/14 ; A61F2/08 ; A61B17/04

Abstract:
Methods of joint repair employing sutures and attached fixation devices are discussed. For example, a bone block graft procedure (e.g., Latarjet) is discussed which employs fixation devices to secure contact between graft surfaces of two bones. A suture construct, including a continuous suture loop routed through a first fastener, is secured to a first bone. Looped ends of the suture loop are passed through passageways formed in the two bones. The looped suture ends are further routed through a second fastener. The second fastener is mounted to the second bone and a sliding knot, formed in the looped suture ends, is advanced into contact with the second fastener. The suture is further tensioned using a tensioner device to secure the two bones together.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210353281A1 SURGICAL FASTENING Public/Granted day:2021-11-18
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