System and method of soft tissue anchoring to metaphyseal bone plate

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9730686
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14476475

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A bone plate a re-orientable tab that provides a buttress support to fragments of the surrounding concave joint rim. The tabs can be re-orientated to contact the rim to provide close support. Each tab includes a hole sized to closely receive a K-wire to permit the K-wire to apply a bending load to a tab in situ to bend the tab about a lower recess between the tab and the remainder of the head. A soft tissue anchor is sized to pass through the hole in the tab, and into a hole drilled into the underlying bone. The soft tissue anchor has a bone engaging first portion and second portion comprising a length of flexible suture, to which is affixed a needle. The needle and suture can be used to draw tissue about the joint capsule.

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  • BIOMET C.V.

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Ampuero, Eduardo A Miami, US 19 339
Castaneda, Alfredo Miami, US 20 722
Marquart, Joel G Pembroke Pines, US 7 384

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