Device and method for repairing torn tissue

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5374268
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08006512

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A device for repairing torn tissue or muscle such as the meniscus of the knee. The device consists of a pair of needles detachably secured to a pair of anchoring members having a plurality of barb-like projections extending outwardly therefrom. The anchoring members are joined by a suture which connects the ends of the anchoring members opposite the needles.

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  • TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP

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Sander, Thomas Newtown Road, CT 19 1698

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