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Method and apparatus for rotator cuff repair

  • US 6,514,274 B1
  • Filed: 02/25/2000
  • Issued: 02/04/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for attaching a rotator cuff to a humerus, said method comprising:

  • forming a plurality of bone tunnels through the humerus, each having an entrance opening and an exit opening;

    positioning the rotator cuff atop the humerus adjacent to the entrance openings of the bone tunnels;

    providing a first rotator cuff buttress plate defining a plurality of apertures passing therethrough;

    positioning the first rotator cuff buttress plate adjacent to the exit openings of the bone tunnels;

    passing a suture through the rotator cuff, a first bone tunnel and a first aperture in the first buttress plate;

    providing a second buttress plate positioned atop the rotator cuff and passing the suture through the second buttress plate; and

    securing the suture relative to the rotator cuff and the first and second buttress plates.

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