US 12,213,660 B2Granted

Suture anchor driver

AssigneeConmed Corporation

InventorsGiuseppe Lombardo, Grady Breslich, Matthew C. Summitt, Gregory A. Alfonso, Robert A. Thibodeau

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Abstract

A suture anchor driver with a tensioning mechanism. The suture anchor driver has a handle with a proximal end and a distal end. The handle has a recess with a shaft extending centrally therefrom. The suture anchor driver has a detent ring and a spool. The detent ring has a central aperture and one or more projections. The spool has a central aperture and is rotatable between first and second configurations. The spool has a plurality of protrusions extending from its side. The shaft extends through the central apertures in the detent ring and spool such that the projections of the detent ring are adjacent the protrusions extending from the spool. In the first configuration, one of the projections extends between two of the protrusions. In the second configuration, one of the projections is aligned with one of the protrusions.

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Dependent claims

A suture anchor driver, comprising:

a handle having a proximal end and a distal end;
a recess in the handle with a shaft extending centrally therefrom;
a detent ring with a central aperture, the detent ring having one or more projections;
a spool with a central aperture, the spool rotatable between a first configuration and a second configuration, the spool having a first side and a second side, the second side having a plurality of protrusions extending therefrom;
wherein the shaft extends through the central aperture in the detent ring and the central aperture of the spool such that the one or more projections of the detent ring are adjacent the plurality of protrusions extending from the spool, and wherein the shaft further comprises a pronged end;
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wherein in the first configuration, one of the one or more projections of the detent ring extends between two of the plurality of protrusions of the spool and in the second configuration, one of the one or more projections of the detent ring is aligned with one of the plurality of protrusions of the spool.

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Facts

Application: 16/982,352Filed 19 Oct 2018 · us provisional application
Priority: 23 Mar 2018
Published: US 2021/0007731 A114 Jan 2021
Granted: 4 Feb 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

A61B 17/04
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
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 2017/0409
Suture anchors, buttons or pledgets, i.e. means for attaching sutures to bone, cartilage or soft tissue; Instruments for applying or removing…:…
A61B 2017/0462
With features cooperating with special features on the suture, e.g. protrusions on the suture: one way system, i.e. also tensioning the suture

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Application62/646,954Us provisional application · filed 23 Mar 2018
Application62/647,255Us provisional application · filed 23 Mar 2018
Application62/648,034Us provisional application · filed 26 Mar 2018
US 2021/0007731 A1Pre-grant publication · published 14 Jan 2021
US 12,213,660 B2This patent

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