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Soft tissue repair assembly and associated method

  • US 10,702,259 B2
  • Filed: 11/28/2016
  • Issued: 07/07/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for repairing soft tissue, comprising:

  • inserting a flexible elongated member through a tissue opening in a first shape, wherein a flexible strand coupled to the flexible elongated member extends back through the tissue opening to position a first free end of the flexible strand outside the tissue opening with a repair-promoting conduit coupled to the flexible strand situated between the flexible elongated member and the first free end of the flexible strand, wherein the repair-promoting conduit includes a first end, a second end, and an elongated exterior side wall that extends between the first end and the second end, and wherein the repair-promoting conduit being coupled to the flexible strand includes the flexible strand passing through a first opening in the first end of the repair-promoting conduit and additionally passing through an exterior side wall opening that is formed in the elongated exterior side wall of the repair-promoting conduit; and

    pulling on the first free end of the flexible strand to convert the flexible elongated member from the first shape to a second shape that is bulkier than the first shape for opposing back-out of the flexible elongated member from the tissue opening for securely lodging the flexible elongated member relative to a soft tissue adjacent the tissue opening.

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