Method and apparatus for implantation of soft tissue implant

• US 7,160,326 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2002
• Issued: 01/09/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Depuy Products Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Depuy Products Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Ball, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Hayes; Michael J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mendoza; Michael G.
• Application Number:
  US10/282,748
• Publication Number:
  US 20040002723A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,533 Days
• Field of Search: 606/151, 606/131, 606/53, 606/54, 606/56, 606/60, 606/63, 606/72, 606/132, 292/256.6, 381/022, 600/201, 623/11.11, 623/15.12, 623/23.72
• US Class Current: 623/15.12
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/064 Surgical staples, i.e. penetrating the tissue
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00969 used for transplantation
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0647 having one single leg, e.g. tacks
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0648 threaded, e.g. tacks with a screw thread
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/00 Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00, e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges protective face masks A41D13/11; surgeon's or patient's gowns or dresses A41D13/12; devices for carrying-off, for treatment of, or for carrying-over, body liquids A61M1/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/0063 Implantable repair or support meshes, e.g. hernia meshes
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/04 Hollow or tubular parts of organs, e.g. bladders, tracheae, bronchi or bile ducts A61F2/18, A61F2/20 take precedence; devices, other than stent-grafts, providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body other than stent-grafts, e.g. stents A61F2/82; instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts A61F2/95
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/08 Muscles; Tendons; Ligaments sutures A61B17/04

Abstract

A method of securing a soft tissue implant to damaged tissue of a patient is provided. The method includes preparing a layer of extracellular matrices (ECM) for surgery. The method further includes stretching the layer on a frame and securing the layer to the frame. The method includes placing a top surface of the layer adjacent the damaged tissue, drilling multiple holes generally simultaneously through the layer and tissue, and simultaneously inserting a fastener into each drilled hole.

Claims

1. An orthopaedic device comprising:

a soft tissue implant,

an inner frame having a concave outer surface, and

an outer frame to be positioned about the inner frame to capture the soft tissue implant about the outer surface, wherein said device is sterile, and

wherein the outer frame includes a member having a first end and a second end normally spaced apart from the first end, and an apparatus configured to tighten and loosen the outer frame about the inner frame, the apparatus including a flange coupled to each of the first and second ends and a screw at least partially received within an aperture of each of the flanges.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the inner frame is generally circular.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the inner frame has a diameter of approximately 60 millimeters.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the member has a circular cross-section.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the member has a diameter of 60 millimeters measured from the center of a cross-section.

6. The device of claim 4, wherein the circular cross-section has a diameter of eight millimeters.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the inner frame and the outer frame are made of a flexible material.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the outer surface of the inner frame is textured.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein a portion of the outer frame is textured.