Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flexor tendon repair device
- Patent Title (中): 屈肌腱修复装置
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Application No.: US13946607Application Date: 2013-07-19
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Publication No.: US09149354B2Publication Date: 2015-10-06
- Inventor: Anthony E. Sudekum
- Applicant: Anthony E. Sudekum
- Agent Charles McCloskey
- Main IPC: A61F2/00
- IPC: A61F2/00 ; A61B17/06 ; A61B17/11 ; A61F2/08

Abstract:
A flexor tendon repair device has a sheet of mesh material of rectangular shape with four edges: two longitudinal edges and two lateral edges perpendicular to the longitudinal edges. Each pair of edges is mutually parallel and spaced apart. Each edge is also folded inwardly for two smooth edges upon which the healing tendon rests and two smooth edges where the sheet mutually joins. Along with the sheet, the invention includes sutures, typically doubled, and one at each lateral edge. The lateral edges generally support the healing tendon while the sheet wraps around the tendon with the longitudinal edges generally parallel to the length of the tendon. A surgeon, during use of the invention, tightens each suture along the longitudinal edges, closing the device, and then upon the laterals to tie the suture. Upon tying, the mesh attains an ovoid shape similar to the natural cross section of a tendon.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140024885A1 FLEXOR TENDON REPAIR DEVICE Public/Granted day:2014-01-23
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