Biceps repair device

US9693856B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 22, 2015
• Grant date: Jul 4, 2017
• Expiry date: Oct 29, 2035

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 general, various inserter tools are provided for simultaneously delivering an expandable sheath and an expander into bone. With both components of the implant mounted on the same tool, the sheath and a ligament can be advanced into a bone hole and the expander, which trails behind the sheath during delivery of the sheath, can be advanced into the sheath to expand the sheath and anchor the sheath and ligament within the bone hole.