FLEXIBLE ANCHOR DELIVERY SYSTEM

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14433684

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An assembly includes a flexible fixation member, a suture, and a delivery device. The fixation member includes a body with two terminal ends. A suture passes through the flexible fixation member at various points along a length of the body such that portions of the fixation member are slidable relative to the suture and configurable to form a cluster within a surgical site. The delivery device includes a tubular member, an elongated inserter, and a trigger. The elongated inserter is slidably disposed within the tubular member. The inserter has a forked distal end configured to receive a portion of the flexible fixation member and the suture. The trigger is finger-engagable and fixedly coupled to the proximal end of the inserter. It is configured to advance and retract the inserter relative to the tubular member. The trigger includes a retention member for retaining a proximal end portion of the suture.

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SMITH & NEPHEW INC1450 BROOKS ROAD MEMPHIS TN 38116

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Arai, Tatsuya Waltham, US 106 906
Astorino, Steven William Norfolk, US 16 476
Gatturna, Roland F Bourne, US 25 4764
Housman, Mark Edwin North Attleboro, US 54 832
Karasic, Geoffrey I Boston, US 16 56
Koski, Matthew Edwin Westford, US 33 534
Lunn, Richard M Kingston, US 52 620
McKenzie, Brett A Haverhill, US 10 46

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