Abstract: A non-invasive device for anchoring a suture includes a sheet to which a suture can be attached and an adhesive that can affix the sheet to bone. The method provides placing effective amount of an adhesive on a bone and attaching the suture to the adhesive and allowing the adhesive to set.

Abstract: A non-invasive device for anchoring a suture includes a sheet to which a suture can be attached and an adhesive that can affix the sheet to bone. The method provides placing effective amount of an adhesive on a bone and attaching the suture to the adhesive and allowing the adhesive to set.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tissue defect repair implant including a porous material, wherein the material is expandable or compressible. The implant may be a scaffold, and may also be formed of a material such as, for example, collagen or demineralized bone matrix. Another aspect of the invention may be a method for the repair of a tissue defect in a patient in need thereof, including implanting an implant between two adjacent tissues, wherein the implant may include a porous material which is expandable or compressible. The two tissues may be soft tissue and hard tissue, and alternatively, the two tissues may be soft tissue, and may further be the same or different soft tissues.

Abstract: A method for the repair of a cartilage defect in a patient in need thereof, including implanting an implant into the cartilage defect, wherein the implant may comprise at least a first material, wherein the first material may be porous and may be a scaffold that is expandable or compressible. The invention also includes an implant for the repair of a cartilage defect in a patient in need thereof, the implant may include at least a first material and a second material, wherein the first material may be porous and may be a scaffold that is expandable or compressible, and wherein the first material may surround the second material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for repairing cartilage defects in a patient. According to the current invention, a porous material having at least expandable or compressible properties is implanted into a cartilage defect.

Abstract: The invention is directed to the repair of articular cartilage in joints and includes an articular cartilage graft, a method of producing the articular cartilage graft, and a method of repairing an articular cartilage defect using the articular cartilage graft. In its preferred embodiment, the articular cartilage graft of the present invention comprises a collagen portion with structure or architecture similar to, or substantially the same as, native human articular cartilage.