| CPC A61B 17/0469 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01)] | 22 Claims |
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1. At least three medical devices for minimally invasive tendon repair comprising;
(i) one or more fascial elevator separator(s) comprising a U-shaped paddle guide portion attached to a distal portion of a cylindrical rod and a proximate handle attached to said cylindrical rod wherein said one or more fascial elevator separator(s) and U-shaped paddle guide portion separate a membrane-like areolar structure known as a Paratenon from a n Achilles tendon;
(ii) one or more suture passer elevator separator(s) that maintains separation of said Paratenon from said Achilles tendon and comprises a hollow cylindrical rod with an axial and radial axis with an attached distal U-shaped paddle guide and with an inverted structure with respect to a longitudinal axis of said hollow cylindrical rod that includes a grasping and firing mechanism and a set of jaws and a needle so that said grasping and firing mechanism is controlled with a proximate located trigger-handle so that the needle and one or more sutures and/or fiber tapes can follow along a surgical plane between said Achilles tendon and said Paratenon, wherein said needle and said sutures fire and pass through a superficial portion of said Achilles tendon to a deep portion of said Achilles tendon; and wherein said set of jaws are located along said axial axis of said hollow cylindrical rod in a position between said proximate located trigger-handle and directly underneath said distal U-shaped paddle guide wherein said U-shaped paddle guide maintains separation and guides a free edge of said Achilles tendon into said set of jaws of said one or more suture passer elevator separator(s) that controls position and penetration of said one or more sutures and/or fiber tapes deployed for said Achilles tendon repair and;
(iii) at least one suture shuttle passer that is deployed to complete said tendon repair.
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