Biceps tenodesis implants and delivery tools

US10034742B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Medos International Sarl · CH

Inventors

• David R. Diduch · Charlottesville, US
• Mark H. Getelman · Sylvia Park, US
• Gerome Miller · Randolph, US
• Jacob A. Marks · Foxborough, US
• Matthew J. Ravenscroft · Mere, GB
• Mehmet Ziya Sengun · Canton, US
• Howard C. Tang · Boston, US
• Gregory R. Whittaker · Stoneham, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 30, 2015
• Grant date: Jul 31, 2018
• Expiry date: Jun 25, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2002/0888
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Methods and devices are provided for anchoring a ligament or tendon to bone. In one embodiment, a surgical implant is provided having a sheath and an expander that is received within the sheath. Various delivery tools, including a sheath inserter and a driver, are also provided. In use, the sheath inserter can be used to position a tendon within a prepared bone hole, and it can be used to deliver the sheath with a guidewire coupled thereto into the bone hole. The driver can be provided for delivering the expander into the sheath. A loader can optionally be used to load the driver and expander onto the guidewire coupled to the implanted sheath.