Patent ID: 8585773
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method of delivering a biologic construct to a joint within the body of a patient, said method comprising: creating an arthroscopic workspace around the joint and inserting a cannula through the skin of the patient proximate the arthroscopic workspace; providing a sheet of biologic construct; providing a collapsible first frame configured hold the sheet; attaching the sheet to the collapsible first frame collapsing the collapsible first frame with the sheet attached such that the frame and sheet fit, in a collapsed configuration, through the cannula; inserting the collapsible first frame and sheet, in the collapsed configuration, through the cannula and into the arthroscopic workspace; expanding the collapsible first frame and sheet within the workspace and positioning the sheet proximate an intended site of implantation; releasing the sheet from the collapsible first frame, collapsing the collapsible first frame and removing the collapsible first frame from the workspace; and securing the sheet to body tissue within the workspace; wherein prior to inserting the collapsible first frame and sheet, the method includes: securing a second frame adapted to hold the sheet to the cannula, securing the sheet to the second frame, securing a number of suture segments to the sheet while the sheet is secured to the second frame, and thereafter transferring the sheet to the collapsible first frame, and wherein the suture segments are used to secure the sheet to body tissue within the workspace with an interrupted suture technique.