US 11,957,335 B2
Surgical method and system for performing the same
Toufic Azar, Montreal (CA); and Renzo Cecere, Mont-royal (CA)
Assigned to MeaCor, Inc., Ayer, MA (US)
Filed by MEACOR, INC., Ayer, MA (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/721,173.
Application 17/721,173 is a continuation of application No. 16/658,414, filed on Oct. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,331,096.
Application 16/658,414 is a continuation of application No. 15/531,622, granted, now 10,512,460, issued on Dec. 24, 2019, previously published as PCT/IB2015/059806, filed on Dec. 19, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/186,708, filed on Jun. 30, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/094,151, filed on Dec. 19, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0233189 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 18/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 7/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/30 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/068 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/064 (2013.01); A61B 18/02 (2013.01); A61F 2/2445 (2013.01); A61F 2/2466 (2013.01); A61F 7/12 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00566 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00783 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0441 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0498 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06052 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06076 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0649 (2013.01); A61B 2017/306 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00291 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0212 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0287 (2013.01); A61F 2007/126 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0091 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
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1. A method of repairing biological tissue, the method comprising:
abutting at least a portion of a cooling surface of a guide against a tissue surface of the biological tissue;
cooling the least a portion of the cooling surface to a predetermined temperature, the predetermined temperature being low enough to cause adhesion between the cooling surface and the tissue surface;
advancing a helicoidal member into the biological tissue over the guide with the guide remaining substantially fixed relative to the tissue surface;
reversing the cooling of the least a portion of the cooling surface to release the cooling surface from the tissue surface; and
removing the guide from the tissue surface after the cooling surface is released and the helicoidal member has been advanced into the biological tissue.