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Depuy Mitek Introduces Next Generation Suture Passer For Arthroscopic Shoulder Repair
26 Sep 2007

DePuy Mitek, Inc., a leading manufacturer of surgical sports medicine devices, announced the launch of the EXPRESSEW II Flexible Suture Passer, a minimally invasive device that saves time and increases operating room efficiency during arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery. EXPRESSEW II, the next generation in lateral suture passers offered by DePuy Mitek, saves time by providing simplified needle and suture loading and an automated, one-step procedure for passing the needle and suture through the rotator cuff tendon. Its enhanced ergonomics and function provide simplicity, flexibility and reliability in suture management.

“The innovative design of EXPRESSEW II allows surgeons to efficiently and precisely deliver and retrieve sutures through the rotator cuff,” said Sumant G. “Butch” Krishnan, MD, from the Shoulder and Elbow Service, The Carrell Clinic, Dallas, Texas.

“This next-generation device has been thoughtfully engineered to significantly reduce one of the most difficult aspects of arthroscopic shoulder surgery.”

EXPRESSEW II has a 4.5mm profile, which allows for greater efficiency and precision through a smaller incision site or cannula and provides mobility and function in tight anatomy. Its innovative jaw design provides >16mm tissue bite offering flexibility in suturing both medial and lateral rows during rotator cuff repair. The EXPRESSEW II Flexible Suture Passer, when used with the new VERSALOK anchor and ORTHOCORD sutures, simplifies recreating the anatomic footprint of the rotator cuff arthroscopically rather than through a large incision.

Active people, including athletes, are susceptible to rotator cuff problems, particularly as they get older. Doctors perform surgery to reattach the rotator cuff to the humerus, the bone in the shoulder, to relieve pain and increase strength and mobility. Approximately 300,000 rotator cuff surgeries are performed in the U.S. each year.

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Smith & Nephew Endoscopy’s KINSA(R) RC Suture Anchor Designed for Secure Repair of Rotator Cuff Injuries

Smith & Nephew Endoscopy’s KINSA(R) RC Suture Anchor Designed for Secure Repair of Rotator Cuff Injuries

Encased self-locking sliding knot enables surgeons to control tension, avoid tissue damage

ANDOVER, Mass., Sept. 26 (HSMN NewsFeed) — Smith & Nephew’s (NYSE: SNN ; LSE: SN ) Endoscopy Division today announced the launch of the KINSA RC 5.5 Suture Anchor, designed to provide secure repair of shoulder injuries stemming from tears to the rotator cuff — the group of muscles and tendons that control shoulder motion.

Surgeons can repair these injuries using arthroscopic — or minimally invasive — techniques with specialized instruments and devices such as the KINSA RC Suture Anchor, which re-attaches the torn tissue to restore mobility.

The KINSA RC Suture Anchor is the second in Smith & Nephew Endoscopy’s line of KINSA suture anchors. The original KINSA anchor, for treatment of shoulder instability, was released in 2006. Both KINSA anchors encase a sliding, self-locking knot that permits the surgeon to secure the repair without tying knots on top of the tissue. Surgical knots in arthroscopic repairs can sometimes loosen or cause irritation of surrounding tissue. The KINSA RC anchor instead delivers “low profile” repair, without knots or protrusions to interfere with the joint motion.

Successful rotator cuff repair requires that a suture anchor sit securely in the cortical, or dense outer layer of bone, and that the surgeon controls the tension of the sutures that hold repaired tissue in place.

The anchor is well suited for “double-row” fixation, a procedure that clinical studies have shown delivers the superior rotator cuff repair and shoulder mobility. This technique calls for the surgeon to anchor the rotator cuff tissue at seve