# US 11,298,121 B2 · Medical apparatus and method for attaching a suture to a bone

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- Number: US 11,298,121 B2
- Document ID: US11298121B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/485,879
- Filed: 2014-09-15
- Published: 2015-01-01
- Granted: 2022-04-12
- Earliest claimed: 2008-02-28
- Assignees: T.A.G. Medical Devices - Agriculture Cooperative Ltd.
- Applicants: T.A.G. Medical Devices-Agriculture Cooperative Ltd.
- Inventors: Ran Oren; Sumant G. Krishnan; Lee Ranon; Shai Nahmias; Aryeh Mirochinik
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11298121B2

## CPC

- A61B 17/0469: {Suturing instruments for use in minimally invasive surgery, e.g. endoscopic surgery}
- A61B 17/0401: {Suture anchors, buttons or pledgets, i.e. means for attaching sutures to bone, cartilage or soft tissue; Instruments for applying or removing suture anchors (A61B17/0642 takes precedence; fixation devices for tendons or ligaments A61F2/0811)}
- A61B 17/0482: {Needle or suture guides (guides for drills, pins or wire A61B17/17; guides for puncturing needles A61B17/3403)}
- A61B 17/0485: {Devices or means, e.g. loops, for capturing the suture thread and threading it through an opening of a suturing instrument or needle eyelet}
- A61B 17/1684: {for the shoulder}
- A61B 17/1778: {for the shoulder}
- A61B 17/1796: {for holes for sutures or flexible wires}
- A61B 2017/00358: {Snares for grasping}
- A61B 2017/00424: {ergonomic, e.g. fitting in fist}
- A61B 2017/0409: {Instruments for applying suture anchors}
- A61B 2017/0445: {cannulated, e.g. with a longitudinal through-hole for passage of an instrument}
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)

## Abstract

A method of forming a channel in a bone, the method comprising: providing a first bore in the bone; and forming, a second bore in the bone at a predefined angle from said first bore, using said first bore as a reference point for defining the location of the second bore in the bone, wherein the first and second bores intersect in the bone.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A medical implement comprising:
a hook for inserting in a first bore in a bone; and
a passageway for placement at an entrance to a second bore in the bone, wherein said hook comprises a grasper extending therefrom, said grasper being adapted to grasp an end of a suture inserted through the passageway and through the second bore.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The implement according to claim 1 wherein said hook is further adapted to extract the suture through the first bore.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The implement according to claim 1 further comprising a movable member for clamping walls of the passageway against the bone when the hook is inserted into the first bore.