About the Authors

Ata M. Kiapour

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Ata.Kiapour@childrens.harvard.edu

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

Jakob T. Sieker

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

Benedikt L. Proffen

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

TuKiet T. Lam

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States of America, MS & Proteomics Resource, W.M. Keck Biotechnology Resource Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States of America

Braden C. Fleming

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University & Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, United States of America

Martha M. Murray

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have no competing interests directly related to this study. However, it should be noted that Dr. Murray holds several patents related to the BEAR surgical procedure, and that Drs. Murray and Fleming recently founded a company (Miach Orthopaedics Inc) to translate the BEAR surgical procedure to clinical use. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Patents: - Biologic replacement for fibrin clot (EP US WO Application US20040059416A1 & US WO Application US20020123805A1) - Device for mixing and delivering fluids for tissue repair (CA EP JP US WO Grant US8308681B2) - Methods and procedures for ligament repair (CA EP JP US WO Application WO2007087353A2) - Activation and delivery devices for therapeutic compositions(US Application US20120116300A1) - Methods and collagen products for tissue repair (US EP JP CA WO Application WO2008060361A2) - Biologic replacement for fibrin clot for intra-articular use (WO Application WO2000078370A1 & EP CA Application CA2377595A1) - Indirect method of articular tissue repair (CA WO Application CA3024196A1)