Patent ID: 9737343
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A method of treating a defect in a vertebral disc of a patient, the method comprising: providing a device comprising: inserting the first and second anchors into a vertebral body cranial to the vertebral disc; inserting the third and fourth anchors into a vertebral body caudal to the vertebral disc; attaching the first ends of the first, second, third, and fourth sutures to the first, second, third, and fourth anchors, respectively; positioning the mesh patch against the defect in the vertebral disc by pulling on the second end of the first, second, third, and fourth sutures; and attaching the second end of the first suture to the second end of the third suture over the mesh patch, and attaching the second end of the second suture to the second end of the fourth suture over the mesh patch, whereby to capture the mesh patch against the defect in the vertebral disc; wherein the second end of the first suture is attached to the second end of the third suture so as to form a substantially continuous band of suture extending over the mesh patch from the first anchor to the third anchor, and the second end of the second suture is attached to the second end of the fourth suture so as to form a substantially continuous band of suture extending over the mesh patch from the second anchor to the fourth anchor, and further wherein the substantially continuous band of suture extending from the first anchor to the third anchor crosses the substantially continuous band of suture extending from the second anchor to the fourth anchor.