Meniscus repair

US9861354B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Justin D. Saliman · Los Angeles, US
• Brad S. Culbert · Rancho Santa Margarita, US
• Alexander Jasso · Portland, US
• Michael Hendricksen · Redwood City, US
• John McCutcheon · Menlo Park, US
• Christopher P. Bender · Oakland, US
• Michael Murillo · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 28, 2011
• Grant date: Jan 9, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 24, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/2927
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Methods for repairing a meniscus, and particularly a torn meniscus. A method of repairing a meniscus may include using a suture passer to pass a suturing element from the region between the superior surface of the meniscus and the femoral condyle, through the meniscus tissue, into the region between the inferior surface of the meniscus and the tibial plateau, across the inferior surface of the meniscus, and back to the superior surface of the meniscus, without deeply penetrating the posterior capsular region of the knee. Equivalently, the suture element may be passed from the inferior surface of the meniscus to the superior surface and back to the inferior surface.