DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN FLEXOR TENDON REPAIR AND REHABILITATION
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Mar 22, 2012
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Sep 9, 2011
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Sep 10, 2010
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A device and method used to protect at least one end of a severed flexor tendon from contacting the edge of a flexor tendon pulley. The device, in one embodiment, can include a body forming a complete perimeter around at least a portion of a cavity passing through the device. The body of the device includes a first portion that is adapted for insertion through the passage of a flexor tendon pulley, a second portion that adapted funnel the severed flexor tendon into the cavity, and a perforation that extends the length of the body that is adapted to be torn along the length thereof to afford removal of the device from around the previously-severed flexor tendon.
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