METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REPAIRING TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE COMPLEX TEARS

Methods and devices for repairing the TFCC of a patient's wrist are provided . In general, the device includes first and second anchor bodies that are connect ed to one another by a suture. The first anchor body is configured to be passed throug h a portion of the TFCC of a patient's wrist...

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Hauptverfasser:	GEISSLER, WILLIAM, BELLOLI, DONNA, COOK, SHELBY, SCANLON, MEGHAN
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS DIAGNOSIS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES SURGERY TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	Methods and devices for repairing the TFCC of a patient's wrist are provided . In general, the device includes first and second anchor bodies that are connect ed to one another by a suture. The first anchor body is configured to be passed throug h a portion of the TFCC of a patient's wrist and an anchoring tissue, preferably using a delivery device, such that the first anchor body is positioned across a torn portion of the TFCC, the second anchor body is positioned across the anchoring tissue, and the suture extends therebetween. The suture can then be tensioned to anchor the TFCC to the anchoring tissue.