Devices, systems, and methods for attaching soft tissue to bone tissue
AssigneeStabilynx, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Feezor, Michael Rosenthal, Joseph P. Donahue
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Abstract
A suture anchoring device for fixing a soft tissue to a bone tissue is disclosed that enables the exchange of sutures between anchors after implantation. The suture anchoring device may include a body that is inserted into the bone tissue, a suture exchange fitting situation within a passage formed within the body, and one or more pre-loaded sutures looped through the suture exchange fitting and projecting proximally from a proximal opening formed in the body. Surgical kits and surgical methods for performing various repair procedures using one or more suture anchoring device are also disclosed.
Claims13
A system for attaching soft tissue to bone, the system comprising:
- a first suture anchor having a body with a proximal end opposite a distal end;
- an eyelet positioned within a lumen of the body, the eyelet including an exchange member defining an aperture that is knot free, the eyelet including a first tail and a second tail;
- a distal tip disposed at the distal end of the body and having a distal recess;
- a joining member received in the distal recess of the distal tip, the joining member joining together the first tail and the second tail of the eyelet;
- a loading member passed through the eyelet in situ after deployment of the first suture anchor into the bone;
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- a suture joined to the loading member, the suture exchanged by passing at least a portion of the loading member through the aperture of the eyelet, a space of the aperture maintained in an open position during the exchange, a freedom of movement of the suture created after the exchange with the suture maintained in a slippedly threaded relationship with the eyelet, the freedom of movement permitting a linkage to a second suture anchor in situ after deployment of the second suture anchor into the bone.
A method for attaching soft tissue to bone, the method comprising:
- receiving a loading member into an eyelet positioned within a lumen of a body of a first anchor, the loading member joined to a suture having an end, the eyelet including a first tail and a second tail joined together by a joining member received in a distal recess of a distal tip disposed at a distal end of the body;
- passing at least a portion of the loading member through an aperture in the eyelet during an exchange of the suture in situ following deployment of the first anchor into the bone, the aperture of the eyelet being defined in an exchange member and knot free;
- passing the end of the suture to pass through the eyelet to complete the exchange in response to passing at least the portion of the loading member through the eyelet, a space of the aperture maintained in an open position during the exchange;
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- maintaining the suture in a slippedly threaded relationship with the eyelet following the exchange of the suture, the slippedly threaded relationship providing a freedom of movement of the suture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.