Hip capsule closure

US11969166B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. · US
• SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG · CH
• SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LIMITED · SG

Inventors

• Paul Alexander Torrie · Marblehead, US
• Jessica Marie Grabinsky · Melrose, US
• Marc Joseph Balboa · Hopkinton, US
• Benjamin Hall · Brookline, US
• Timothy Young · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 7, 2021
• Grant date: Apr 30, 2024
• Expiry date: Mar 30, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/06042
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Systems and methods of repairing tissue are disclosed. Systems and methods may repair an opening through a hip capsule. Systems and methods preferably repair the tissue while minimally encroaching on the tissue immediately behind the repair, such as the hip joint tissues. Some systems may repair the tissue with a suture passer having a needle that slides in axial alignment with the passer and includes a first recess for passing the suture in a first axial direction and a second recess for passing the suture in an opposing axial direction. Some systems may pass a portion of a repair construct in a retrograde direction, placing the repair construct in a preferred arrangement accommodating for the stresses on the tissue.