US 11,969,166 B2
Hip capsule closure
Paul Alexander Torrie, Marblehead, MA (US); Jessica Marie Grabinsky, Melrose, MA (US); Marc Joseph Balboa, Hopkinton, MA (US); Benjamin Michael Hall, Roslindale, MA (US); and Timothy Young, Natick, MA (US)
Assigned to Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US); Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG; and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
Filed by Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US); Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Zug (CH); and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte Limited, Singapore (SG)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/496,228.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/088,595, filed on Oct. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0104804 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0491 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of repairing an opening through tissue, the opening disposed between a first leaflet and a second leaflet of tissue comprising:
placing a distal end of a repair instrument along an internal surface of the first leaflet of tissue, a handle of the repair instrument disposed on an external side of the tissue, the repair instrument distal end housing a first fixation member coupled to a suture;
actuating the repair instrument to pass the first fixation member and suture in a retrograde direction towards the handle, from the internal surface to an external surface of the first leaflet;
deploying the first fixation member on the external surface, and once deployed,
extending the suture through the second leaflet of tissue with the repair instrument;
deploying a second fixation member coupled to the suture on an external surface of the second leaflet of tissue; and
tensioning the suture to repair the opening through the tissue.