Tissue repair assembly

US9962149B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ArthroCare Corporation · US

Inventors

• Treg Brown · Carbondale, US
• Nathaniel Cohen · Los Gatos, US
• Robert Fernandez · Campbell, US
• Richard D'Elia · San Mateo, US
• Christopher D'Elia · San Mateo, US
• Annette Branger · Redwood City, US
• Steve Golden · Menlo Park, US
• Marnette Atkinson · Menlo Park, US
• Stewart M. Kume · Belmont, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 14, 2012
• Grant date: May 8, 2018
• Expiry date: Aug 18, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F04C2270/0421
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A tissue repair assembly for attachment of tissue to bone or tissue to tissue having a soft anchoring implant 100 with a length of suture 120 there through for tensioning the implant and facilitating attachment of other tissue. The implant 100 is a soft, flexible, three-dimensional structure that has a resident volume 200. An inserter tube 310 facilitates the placement of the implant 100 into bone or adjacent soft tissue where it may be deployed. Upon deployment, the soft anchoring implant 100 shortens axially and expands radially, achieving a larger diameter than the hole through which it was placed, thus resisting pull out.