US 10,368,856 B2 · Apparatus for coupling soft tissue to a bone

Abstract

A flexible member for coupling tissue. The flexible member includes a tail and a self-locking construct. The tail includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The tail defines a tail passageway proximate to the second end. The self-locking construct includes a first loop and an adjustable second loop. The second loop is slidably threaded through the tail passageway defined by the tail. The self-locking construct is configured such that passing the tail through the first loop so that the second loop extends into the first loop forms a tissue capture region defined by the self-locking construct. The tail passageway defined by the tail defines a locking member configured to secure the second loop to the first loop.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for coupling tissue with a flexible member including a tail and a self-locking construct coupled to the tail, the self-locking construct including an adjustable first loop and an adjustable second loop coupled thereto, the method comprising:

implanting an anchor in bone, the anchor slidably mounted to the tail;
positioning the tail relative to the tissue such that the tail passes around the tissue and is positioned between a first portion of the tail and a second portion of the tail;
inserting an end of the tail through the adjustable first loop;
passing the tail through the adjustable first loop;
pulling the adjustable second loop into the anchor;
positioning the self-locking construct relative to the tissue;
and
tightening the self-locking construct against the tissue by pulling on an end of the self-locking construct.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/131,663Filed 18 Apr 2016 · continuation

Priority

10 Nov 2011

Published

US 2017/0071593 A116 Mar 2017

Granted

6 Aug 2019

Term ends

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Classification23 codes

A61B 17/0401
For suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials: suture anchors, buttons or pledgets, i.e. means for attaching sutures to…
A61B 17/0469
For suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials: suturing instruments for use in minimally invasive surgery, e.g.…
A61B 17/16
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: instruments for performing osteoclasis; Drills or chisels for bones; Trepans
A61B 17/1655
Instruments for performing osteoclasis; Drills or chisels for bones; Trepans: for tapping

Family

Application13/293,825Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 10 Nov 2011

Application13/757,019Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Feb 2013

US 2017/0071593 A1Pre-grant publication · published 16 Mar 2017

US 9,314,241 B2Parent of this continuation

US 9,149,267 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part

Application13/757,019Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 2012/0059417 A1Published application

US 2013/0144338 A1Published application

US 10,368,856 B2This patent

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Apparatus for coupling soft tissue to a bone

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Apparatus for coupling soft tissue to a bone

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Abstract

Claims20