US 12,465,352 B2
Suture tensioner and methods of tensioning
Thomas Dooney, Jr., Naples, FL (US); and Jason A. Valentin, Fort Myers, FL (US)
Assigned to Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US)
Filed by Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/725,061.
Prior Publication US 2023/0338019 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0483 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00407 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00486 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of tissue repair comprising:
attaching a tensioning adapter to a surgical instrument and at a proximal end of a longitudinal elongated shaft of the surgical instrument so that the tensioning adapter is offset from a surgical site undergoing a knotless surgical procedure with the surgical instrument and with at least one flexible strand;
conducting the knotless surgical procedure at the surgical site with the at least one flexible strand and with the surgical instrument and attached tensioning adapter, while the tensioning adapter is offset from the surgical site while a distal end of the longitudinal elongated shaft of the surgical instrument retains contact with the surgical site undergoing the knotless surgical procedure;
loading the at least one flexible strand from the surgical site to the tensioning adapter;
subsequently, tensioning the at least one flexible strand with the tensioning adapter; and
removing the tensioning adapter from the surgical instrument, wherein the tensioning adapter removably attaches to, and detaches from, the surgical instrument while the surgical instrument retains contact with the surgical site undergoing the knotless surgical procedure.