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Patent Inventor Names
Douglas Allen Fifolt0
Brooks J. Story0
Gregory R. Whittaker0
Kristian DiMatteo0
Mark A. Capobianco0
Mehmet Ziya Sengun0
Date of Patent
October 8, 2019
Patent Application Number
14444711
Date Filed
July 28, 2014
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Patent abstract
Methods and devices are provided for repairing a tear in a meniscus. A pair of fixation member each entailing a preformed knot configuration coupled together by a suture length. The fixation members are placed on the meniscal tissue with the suture length spanning the tear, the knot configurations are expanded to form anchoring knots and the suture length is shortened to close the tear.
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