Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and devices for forming bone tunnels
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Application No.: US14886711Application Date: 2015-10-19
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Publication No.: US09724111B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Benjamin Cleveland , Kristian DiMatteo , Erik S. Sojke , Christopher G. Weinert , Jose E. Lizardi
- Applicant: DePuy Mitek, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MA Raynham
- Assignee: DEPUY MITEK, LLC
- Current Assignee: DEPUY MITEK, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Raynham
- Main IPC: A61B17/00
- IPC: A61B17/00 ; A61B17/17 ; A61B17/16 ; A61B17/04 ; A61B17/86 ; A61B17/88 ; A61F2/08

Abstract:
Methods and devices are provided for forming bone tunnels. In general, the methods and devices allow multiple converging tunnels to be formed in bone, such as in an arthroscopic surgical procedure, e.g., a rotator cuff repair surgical procedure. One or more sutures can be advanced through the converging tunnels, and the suture(s) can be coupled to tissue. The suture(s) with the tissue coupled thereto can be tensioned, thereby helping to maximize an amount of the tissue in contact with the bone. In an exemplary embodiment, a guide device is provided that can be configured to allow a first tunnel to be formed in bone and to allow a plurality of additional tunnels to be formed in the bone at predetermined angular positions relative to the first tunnel such that each of the additional tunnels can extend transverse to the first tunnel and intersect the first tunnel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160038162A1 Methods and Devices for Forming Bone Tunnels Public/Granted day:2016-02-11
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