Patents Assigned to Depuy Mitex, Inc.
  • Methods and apparatus for preventing migration of sutures through transosseous tunnels
    Patent number: 6830572
    Abstract: An improved method for attaching soft tissue to bone by passing a suture through an opening in the bone, e.g., a transosseous tunnel, and affixing the soft tissue with the suture. The improvement, for preventing the suture from migrating through the bone at the end of the opening, includes placing a eyelet into an end of the bone opening and passing the suture through the eyelet, as well as through the opening in the bone, in order to affix the soft tissue to the bone with the suture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Depuy Mitex, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis McDevitt, James Nicholson