US 11,712,233 B2
Soft surgical construct and method of use for tissue repair
Peter J. Dreyfuss, Naples, FL (US); Andrew K. Osika, Naples, FL (US); and Julia F. Cuny, Naples, FL (US)
Assigned to Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US)
Filed by Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/891,306.
Prior Publication US 2021/0378653 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/0403 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical construct for tissue repair, comprising:
a soft fixation device formed of flexible material, the soft fixation device including a head portion and a tail portion, the head portion forming a loop and the tail portion extending from the loop in an antegrade direction, the device being configured for anchoring the soft fixation device in a bone tunnel, and the tail portion having a length configured to facilitate pulling the soft fixation device in the antegrade direction into the bone tunnel; and
at least one repair flexible strand, the at least one repair flexible strand having at least one free end extending from the head portion in a retrograde direction away from the tail portion, the at least one free end being configured for engaging tissue, and
wherein the flexible material of the loop is a tubular sheath comprising a lumen and the at least one repair flexible strand is configured to be threaded through and inside of the lumen of the tubular sheath.