# US 11,992,204 B1 · Surgical sheath, staple, and scaffold bone anchor devices

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- Number: US 11,992,204 B1
- Document ID: US11992204B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 17/835,734
- Filed: 2022-06-08
- Granted: 2024-05-28
- Earliest claimed: 2021-05-27
- Applicants: Oke A Anakwenze
- Inventors: Oke A Anakwenze
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11992204B1

## CPC

- 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 17/0487: {Suture clamps, clips or locks, e.g. for replacing suture knots; Instruments for applying or removing suture clamps, clips or locks (suture anchors A61B17/0401; wound clamps or clips A61B17/08; ligaturing clamps or clips A61B17/122)}
- A61B 17/0642: {for bones, e.g. for osteosynthesis or connecting tendon to bone}
- A61F 2/0811: {Fixation devices for tendons or ligaments}
- A61B 17/04: for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
- A61B 17/064: Surgical staples, {i.e. penetrating the tissue}
- A61B 17/068: Surgical staplers {, e.g. containing multiple staples or clamps}({staplers containing only one staple A61B17/10; magazines or containers for staples A61B17/105;} for performing anastomosis A61B17/115; {staplers in general B25C5/00})
- A61B 17/1604: {Chisels; Rongeurs; Punches; Stamps}
- A61B 2017/0053: {Loading magazines or sutures into applying tools}
- A61B 2017/0406: {Pledgets}
- A61B 2017/0409: {Instruments for applying suture anchors}
- A61B 2017/0462: {One way system, i.e. also tensioning the suture}
- A61F 2/08: Muscles; Tendons; Ligaments
- A61F 2002/0864: {Fixation of tendon or ligament between anchor elements, e.g. by additional screws in the anchor, anchor crimped around tendon}
- A61F 2220/0016: with sharp anchoring protrusions, e.g. barbs, pins, spikes
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)

## Abstract

A surgical bone sheath staple device, anchor, and/or scaffold enables low impact installation of distal end members in bones to secure soft tissue and the like via a deployment system. The bone sheath staples, anchors, and scaffolds secure soft tissue to bone to ensure tailored fixation of soft tissue to bone. The bone staples, anchors, and scaffolds integrate sheath and suture tightening members to secure soft tissue to bone and tailor compression of soft tissue to bone to encourage healing. The bone staples, anchors, and scaffolds integrate sheaths and suture to define attachment mechanisms and other features that secure the staples, anchors, and/or scaffolds to bone.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A bone sheath staple device, comprising:
a sheath extending from a first end to a second end and having a first side wall puncture site and a second side wall puncture site;
a suture member extending through the sheath and extending through the first side wall puncture site and the second side wall puncture site;
wherein tension applied to the suture member deforms the sheath such that the sheath engages with a bone channel upon tightening of the suture member; and
wherein the bone sheath staple device is configured to secure soft tissue to bone.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the suture member is configured to tie into a knot after tightening to secure the sheath in the deformed configuration.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, further comprising:
a third side wall puncture site; and
a fourth side wall puncture site;
wherein the suture member extends through the first, second, third, and fourth side wall puncture sites such that tension applied to the suture member causes the sheath to bunch.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the first end of the sheath is inserted through the first side wall puncture site.

### Claim 5

A bone sheath staple device, comprising:
a sheath extending from a first distal end to a second distal end;
a first suture tightening member engaged with the first distal end;
a second suture tightening member engaged with the second distal end;
wherein force to the first suture tightening member and the second suture tightening member deforms the first distal end member and the second distal end member to secure the sheath within a bone channel and secure the bone sheath staple device in place; and
wherein the bone sheath staple device is configured to secure soft tissue to bone.