US 12,390,212 B2
Achilles tendon repair device
Jonathan T. Deland, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Jonathan T. Deland, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/525,075.
Application 18/525,075 is a continuation of application No. 17/443,723, filed on Jul. 27, 2021, granted, now 11,896,215.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/057,036, filed on Jul. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0090892 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/11 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0469 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0482 (2013.01); A61B 17/0487 (2013.01); A61B 17/1146 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0472 (2013.01); A61B 17/0483 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1103 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An Achilles tendon repair device comprising:
a handle having a first end and a second end, defining a length along a longitudinal axis therebetween;
a base, the base having a posterior side, an anterior side, a lateral side, a medial side, a proximal side and a distal side, the first end of the handle coupled to the distal side of the base, the handle extending along the longitudinal axis;
a first set of rods extending from the base,
the first set of rods distributed in an arcuate pattern about the base,
at least one rod of the first set of rods configured to removably engage a posterior surface of a tendon, the at least one rod of the first set of rods configured to extend parallel to the tendon;
a suture needle housing guide, the suture needle housing guide having opposing sidewalls, at least one sidewall configured to receive a suture needle;
a second set of rods extending from the base, the second set of rods configured to receive the suture needle housing guide,
the second set of rods including at least one pair of rods extending parallel to each other and spaced from the first set of rods, and
at least one pair of the second rods being aligned about an axis extending in a posterior-anterior plane.