IP Library Granted Patent US 8,858,606
Granted Patent B2
US 8,858,606 · App. 12/791,043 · Granted Oct 14, 2014

Tissue repair assembly

Inventors: Ben K. Graf (Madison, WI); Paul Alexander Torrie (Marblehead, MA)
Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
A61B17/0401A61F2/0811A61B17/0485A61B2017/0446A61B2017/0448A61B2017/0458A61F2002/0829A61F2002/0841A61F2002/0852A61F2002/0864A61F2002/0882A61F2002/08888
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Patent No.
US 8,858,606
App. No.
12/791,043
Granted
Oct 14, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a fixation device. The fixation device includes a base portion including a first leg, a second leg, and a groove located between the first and second legs and a top portion extending from the base portion. A tissue repair device and a method of tissue repair are also disclosed.

Claims (18)

1. A system for tissue repair comprising:

a fixation device comprising a base portion including a first leg including a through hole, a second leg, and a groove located between the first and second legs; and a cylindrical top portion extending from the base portion;

a threaded interference device; and

a delivery device to which the fixation device and threaded interference device are coupled.

2. The system for tissue repair of claim 1 wherein the groove is U-shaped.

3. A method of tissue repair comprising:

preparing a hole in a bone; and

fixating a soft tissue into the hole via the use of a tissue repair assembly comprising a fixation device comprising a base portion including a first leg, a second leg, and a groove located between the first and second legs, and a cylindrical top portion extending from the base portion; and an interference device coupled to the fixation device,

wherein the soft tissue is located within the groove of the fixation device when the soft tissue is fixated within the hole and the interference device includes threads on an outer surface of the interference device.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the interference device is cannulated.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein the step of fixating a soft tissue into the hole further comprises inserting the soft tissue into the hole and inserting the tissue repair assembly into the hole to fixate the soft tissue within the hole.

6. The method of claim 3 wherein the step of fixating a soft tissue into the hole further comprises inserting the soft tissue and the tissue repair assembly into the hole together.

7. The method of claim 3 wherein the interference device of the tissue repair assembly fixates the soft tissue to the bone.

8. The method of claim 3 wherein the threads allow for compression of the graft against the bone.

9. A method of tissue repair comprising:

preparing a hole in a bone; and

fixating a soft tissue into the hole via the use of a tissue repair assembly comprising a fixation device comprising a base portion including a first leg, a second leg, and a groove located between the first and second legs, and a cylindrical top portion extending from the base portion; and an interference device coupled to the fixation device,

wherein the soft tissue is located within the groove of the fixation device when the soft tissue is fixated within the hole and the interference device is configured for rotary advancement into a target tissue.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2016
From: GRAF, BEN K.
To: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Reel/Frame 039611/0987 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2012
From: GRAF, BEN K., MD; TORRIE, PAUL ALEXANDER, MR.
To: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Reel/Frame 027764/0151 →
Continuity (3)
Division 12631960 · Dec 9, 2009
Provisional Application 61120898 · Dec 9, 2008
Related Publication 20100298888A1 · Nov 25, 2010