Annette B Branger

US Patent:

20130123810, May 16, 2013

Filed:

Nov 14, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/677112

Inventors:

Nathaniel Cohen - Los Gatos CA, US
Robert Fernandez - Campbell CA, US
Richard D'Elia - San Mateo CA, US
Christopher D'Elia - San Mateo CA, US
Annette Branger - San Carlos CA, US
Steve Golden - Menlo Park CA, US
Marnette Atkinson - Menlo Park CA, US
Stewart Kume - Menlo Park CA, US

Assignee:

Eleven Blade Solutions, Inc. - Los Gatos CA

International Classification:

A61B 17/04

US Classification:

606144

Abstract:

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

US Patent:

20180214143, Aug 2, 2018

Filed:

Mar 27, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/937307

Inventors:

- Memphis TN, US
Nathaniel Cohen - Los Gatos CA, US
Robert Fernandez - Campbell CA, US
Richard D'Elia - San Mateo CA, US
Christopher D'Elia - San Mateo CA, US
Annette Branger - San Carlos CA, US
Steve Golden - Menlo Park CA, US
Marnette Atkinson - Menlo Park CA, US
Stewart Kume - Menlo Park CA, US

Assignee:

SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. - Memphis TN

International Classification:

A61B 17/04

Abstract:

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