Meniscal repair device

US6306159A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Herbert E. Schwartz · Fort Wayne, US
• Thomas C. May · Wrentham, US
• Stuart E. Fromm · Rapid City, US
• Robert-Jan Enzerink · Davis, US
• Eric Hubbard · Modesto, US
• John Margetts · Bountiful, US
• Keith R. Denlinger · Lancaster, US
• David Grant Cox · Warsaw, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 17, 1999
• Grant date: Oct 23, 2001
• Expiry date: Dec 17, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/0646
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention disclosed is a device for repairing a soft tissue defect, particularly a defect in the meniscus of a knee. The device comprises an outer wall anchor for engaging against an outside wall of the meniscus on a first side of the defect, an inner meniscal anchor engaging an inner surface of the meniscus on a second side of the defect, the inner meniscal anchor having a locking mechanism, and a suture adjustably connecting the outer wall anchor to the inner meniscal anchor. Tension on the suture pulls the defect together and the locking mechanism then locks the suture in place.