Sheaths for implantable fixation devices

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7279008
APP PUB NO 20040024456A1
SERIAL NO

10357500

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A sheath for organizing soft tissue includes a first tube having a flexible body sized and shaped to receive a fixation device, and a second tube coupled to the first tube having a flexible body sized and shaped to receive a soft tissue graft. A method for implanting soft tissue in a bone tunnel includes coupling a soft tissue graft to a sheath assembly; and positioning the sheath assembly relative to the soft tissue graft based on a measured depth of a bone tunnel. A set of surgical devices for implanting soft tissue grafts in a bone tunnel includes a sheath assembly, a measurement device for measuring the depth of the bone tunnel, a securing element configured to secure the sheath assembly to the soft tissue graft at a position determined by the measured bone tunnel depth, and a tensioning device configured to organize a plurality of soft tissue grafts.

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SMITH & NEPHEW INC1450 BROOKS ROAD MEMPHIS TN 38116

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Blough, Rebecca A Cumberland, RI 10 1025
Bojarski, Raymond A Attleboro, MA 102 15630
Bourque, Bernard J Taunton, MA 36 2724
Brown, Charles H Wellesley, MA 6 207
Ek, Steve Bolton, MA 10 4621
Ferragamo, Michael C Dighton, MA 47 5462
Graf, Ben K Madison, MA 26 2327
Harvie, Fraser East Kilbride, GB 16 2049
Torrie, Paul Alexander Marblehead, MA 90 4158

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