DR. EUGENE M. WOLF, M. D.
Medical Practice at California St, San Francisco, CA

5601562, Feb 11, 1997

Feb 14, 1995

8/388284

Eugene M. Wolf - San Francisco CA
Richard D. Grafton - Naples FL

Arthrex, Inc. - Naples FL

A61F 500

606 86

A double-forked arthroscopic tool is provided for inserting a looped, double strand of semitendinosus tendon into the femoral tunnel during ACL reconstruction. The double strand of tendon is fixed in the tunnel by a transverse implant, which passes just under the apex of the looped tendon, such that the tendon is securely looped over the implant in the femoral tunnel.

8597328, Dec 3, 2013

Mar 29, 2010

12/749109

Nathan Cauldwell - Attleboro MA, US
Jonathan Howe - Mansfield MA, US
Eugene Wolf - San Francisco CA, US

DePuy Mitek, LLC - Raynham MA

A61B 17/04

606232

Methods and devices are provided for anchoring suture to bone. In one exemplary embodiment, a cannulated suture anchor is provided and it includes a suture-engaging member formed therein and configured to receive a suture therearound such that trailing ends of the suture can extend through the suture anchor. The present invention also provides exemplary sutures and drivers that can be used with the various methods and devices disclosed herein, or with other methods and devices known in the art.

5775334, Jul 7, 1998

Mar 15, 1996

8/619827

Steven R. Lamb - Union City CA
Eugene M. Wolf - San Francisco CA
Russel E. Klein - Redwood City CA

Orthopedic Systems, Inc. - Union City CA

A61G 1500

128845

A limb positioning apparatus utilizing a structural member having a compartment with an opening thereto. The structural member is supported at a predetermined position relative to the limb and at a certain distance from the limb. A first line is linked or attached to the limb and connected to a constant force spring located within the compartment of the structural member. A second line is attachable to the limb and is also connected to a constant force spring lying within the compartment of the structural member. The forces exerted by the first and second constant force springs are applied cumulatively or alternatively to provide a pre-determined tension force on the limb of the patient.

2013010, Apr 25, 2013

Oct 21, 2011

13/278735

Eugene Wolf - San Francisco CA, US

DEPUY MITEK, INC. - Raynham MA

A61B 17/04

606232

Methods and devices for fixation of soft tissue to bone are provided. In one embodiment, a suture anchor is provided having an elongate cylindrical body with proximal and distal ends and an inner lumen extending therethrough. The elongate body can be configured so that upon partial insertion into a bone hole, it is securely anchored within the bone hole and a suture extending through the inner lumen is freely slidable. It can also configured so that, upon further insertion into the bone hole, at least a portion of the elongate body compresses to lock the suture within the inner lumen such that the suture is prevented from sliding. In another embodiment, a suture anchor is provided having arms that have an open position for receiving a suture therebetween, and a closed position in which the suture is retained but allowed to slide freely.

4773417, Sep 27, 1988

Jan 5, 1987

7/000524

Robert R. Moore - Hayward CA
Steve Lamb - Pleasanton CA
Eugene M. Wolf - San Francisco CA

B61B 1700

128303R

A tendon stripper and leader set for stripping a tendon to a select diameter and engaging the stripped end with a tendon leader sized to the stripped tendon for positioning the tendon during bone attachment or other procedures. The tendon stripper is formed as an elongated tool with a handle, a long slender neck and a tip having a coiled eyelet with a stripping edge and a side entry slot, the tendon leader comprising an elongated semirigid leader with a woven expandable end sized to enlarge over the end of a stripped tendon on installation and contract around the tendon during tension for relocating the tendon.

4872451, Oct 10, 1989

Feb 2, 1987

7/009667

Robert R. Moore - Hayward CA
Steve Lamb - Pleasanton CA
Eugene M. Wolf - San Francisco CA

A61F 504

128 92YF

A ligament repair kit and procedure for installing a cannulated bone screw and ligament washer to retain ligament at a bone site using a first cannula in conjunction with selected obturators to engage and relocate ligament and in conjunction with a drill bit to drill a bone hole for anchoring, and using a second larger cannula with a driver to screw a bone screw into the bone hole retaining the relocated ligament at the anchoring site.

5895425, Apr 20, 1999

Feb 6, 1998

9/019828

R. Donald Grafton - Naples FL
Eugene M. Wolf - San Francisco CA

Arthrex, Inc. - Naples FL

A61F 228

623 16

A surgical implant for securing ligament grafts into a joint. The implant has back-biting threads that allow the implant to be advanced into bone by impaction. If necessary, the implant can be removed from the bone by rotation. The implant is used, for example, for knee ligament repair by forming a longitudinal socket in a bone. The socket is intersected by a transverse pin. A flexible strand is drawn with the pin through the bone. A looped portion of the flexible strand is diverted so as to protrude out of the entrance to the longitudinal socket. The ends of the flexible strand remain accessible on either side of the bone. The ligament graft is captured within the strand loop protruding from the entrance to the socket. The strand is retracted into the socket, drawing the graft into the socket by pulling on the accessible ends of the flexible strand. The graft is fixed in the socket using the transverse implant.