Tendon repair using adhesive

US6740100B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Omeros Corporation · US

Inventors

• Gregory A. Demopulos · Mercer Island, US
• Scott Reed · Monroe, US
• Alan Bachman · Milford, US
• Frederick Karl · Wilsonville, US
• William J. Allen · Houston, US
• Leland Ray Adams · Ansonia, US
• G. Lawrence Thatcher · Chelmsford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 28, 2002
• Grant date: May 25, 2004
• Expiry date: Oct 9, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/0647
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A reinforcing member or stent (7) is inserted into opposite end portions (1, 1′) of a lacerated tendon and secured within the tendon by adhesive so that tension applied to the tendon is transmitted across the laceration by way of the reinforcing member (7).