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Soft tissue repair device and associated methods

  • US 9,510,819 B2
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Issued: 12/06/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for repairing a meniscal tear in meniscal tissue, comprising:

  • positioning a first inserter carrying a first anchor on a distal outer surface of the first inserter adjacent to the meniscal tear;

    passing a distal end of the first inserter through the meniscal tear and deploying the first anchor at a first location on an outer surface of the meniscal tissue, wherein said deploying the first anchor at the first location includes retracting the first inserter relative to the meniscal tissue;

    retracting the first inserter relative to a second inserter;

    positioning the second inserter carrying a second anchor on a distal outer surface of the second inserter adjacent to the meniscal tear;

    passing a distal end of the second inserter through the meniscal tear and deploying the second anchor at a second location on the outer surface of the meniscal tissue; and

    reducing the tear by tightening a flexible strand coupling the first and second anchors.

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