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Tissue repair device

  • US 9,173,653 B2
  • Filed: 12/23/2013
  • Issued: 11/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tissue repair device comprising:

  • a closed loop of multifilament flexible material, wherein the loop is knotless and includes a contact portion in which ends of the multifilament flexible material are interwoven and form a blended region having a uniform or homogenous composition when energy sufficient to melt or liquefy the ends is supplied to the ends of the multifilament flexible material;

    a substantially rigid first fixation member having a structure that defines first and second through holes, the first through hole receiving a first part of the closed loop of multifilament flexible material and the second through hole receiving a second part of the closed loop of multifilament flexible material; and

    a flexible member slidably received through the contact portion of the closed loop and having an end that passes through an opening defined in a second fixation member and passes through a region of the flexible member that has not been passed through the second fixation member to form a second, knotless closed loop to secure the second fixation member to the flexible member.

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