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US 12,533,121 B2Granted
Surgical instruments
OwnerLee D. Kaplaninventor
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Abstract
A surgical instrument having an anchor and a plug is capable of anchoring a suture. The suture anchor has an anchor body having a top surface, a bottom surface distal to the top surface, a transverse bore and a well, the well having an outer surface, an inner surface, and an inner bottom surface. The plug has a post, a head, and a bottom face. The anchor body and the anchor plus form a suture anchor. The suture anchor may be used during surgical procedures and can be used in the re-tensioning of a suture.
Claims16
A method, comprising:
- securing a suture to a tissue;
- inserting an anchor body into a bone, the anchor body having a body inner surface and a bottom inner surface defining a well, the body inner surface having a distal portion and a proximal portion, the distal portion having a threaded region, the proximal portion having a cross-sectional dimension larger than a largest cross-sectional dimension of the threaded region of the distal portion, the suture being positioned in the well;
- tensioning the suture secured to the tissue;
- securing the suture in the bone by advancing an anchor plug positioned in the well to secure the suture between the bottom inner surface of the well and the anchor plug;
- unscrewing the anchor plug;
- re-tensioning the suture;
- and
- advancing the anchor plug to secure the suture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.