Fixation member with separate eyelet and methods of use thereof
AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsKyle Craig Pilgeram, Mark Larson
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Abstract
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, an implant system for securing tissue to bone, including a first fixation member releasably engaged to a first inserter, the first fixation member having a throughbore adapted to accept a filament therethrough and a cannulation extending from a proximal end of the first fixation member to a distal end of the first fixation member, the first inserter positioned through the cannulation and having a distal tip extending distally beyond the distal end of the first fixation member, and a second fixation member releasably engaged to a second inserter different from the first inserter, the second fixation member having a size capable of being positioned within the bonehole.
Claims15
A method of securing tissue to a bone, the method comprising:
- inserting a first fixation member into a bone along a first axis, the first fixation member including a tissue engaging feature and a suture associated therewith, wherein the tissue engaging feature is structured to extend from a proximal end of the first fixation member in a lateral direction relative to a primary axis of the first fixation member;
- pulling the suture such that the tissue engaging feature of the first fixation member engages the bone and changes an orientation of the first fixation member, while the first fixation member is within the bone, to extend along a second axis different from the first axis;
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- inserting a second fixation member into the bone along the first axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.