Patent ID: 9743970
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A method of marking a location of a biceps tendon, the method comprising: observing the biceps tendon on an articular side of a supraspinatus tendon; and inserting a tissue marker through the supraspinatus tendon so that a distal end of the tissue marker emerges on the articular side of the supraspinatus tendon, wherein the tissue marker does not pierce the biceps tendon; a delivery sleeve extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having a lumen extending through at least a portion of the delivery sleeve; wherein the tissue marker is slidably disposed within the lumen of the delivery sleeve; wherein the tissue marker includes a plurality of flexible arms located at a distal end of the tissue marker, the flexible arms constrained by the delivery sleeve is a delivery state and the flexible arms projecting outward from a distal end of the tissue marker in a deployed state.