Patents by Inventor Raymond A. Bojarkski

Raymond A. Bojarkski has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Closure device and method for tissue repair
    Publication number: 20020019649
    Abstract: A method of closing a tissue wound includes providing a wound closure device having a first anchor, a second anchor, and a flexible member movably attached to the second anchor, positioning the first anchor against tissue, passing the flexible member across the wound, positioning the second anchor against tissue, and pulling on a free end of the flexible member to shorten a length of the flexible member between the first and second anchors, thereby closing the wound. A wound closure device includes a first anchor, a second anchor; and a flexible member connecting the first anchor to the second anchor, the flexible member being movably attached to the second anchor, such that pulling on a free end of the flexible member shortens a length of the flexible member between the first and second anchors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc., Delaware corporation
    Inventors: George Sikora, Paul A. Torrie, Raymond A. Bojarkski, Steven W. Ek