Suture anchor reel device, kit and method
OwnerStephen S. Burkhartinventor
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Abstract
A suture anchor and kit for anchoring a suture member to human bone. A suture anchor includes a threaded portion and has a head at the proximal end thereof, the head being generally circular. A tip is located at a distal end of the shank. The shank is at least partially threaded and includes walls defining a reel portion. The shank also includes walls for engaging a suture, the walls for engaging the suture typically adjacent walls defining the reel portion. The head typically includes walls for engaging a drive tool. The kit includes a drive tool for rotating the suture anchor when a suture member is engaged with the walls for engaging the suture such that rotation of the anchor causes the suture material to wrap around the reel portion of the shank.
Claims5
A device engageable with a tool for locating human tissue adjacent to human bone using a suture member engaged with the tissue, the device comprising:
- an anchor having a tapered portion with a generally circular head at a first end and a pointed tip at a second end, the head including tool engagement walls, the anchor having at least a portion thereof having threads thereon, the shank including suture receiving walls and walls defining a reel portion, the walls defining the reel portion capable of gathering a suture member thereupon when the suture member is engaged with the suture receiving walls and the shank rotated with the tool engaged to the tool engaging walls of the head of the device.
A device for engaging a suture member and for locating human tissue threaded with the suture member at a predetermined point adjacent a human bone mass, the device comprising:
- a tapered, longitudinal anchor member having a head at a first end, the head including tool engagement walls, and having a first diameter, the shank having a tip at the second end, the shank having at least a portion having threads thereon, the shank having walls defining suture engagement means, the walls defining suture engagement means being between the head and the tip, the shank including a reel portion for gathering the suture member thereon when the shank is rotated, the reel portion located between the head and the tip and including a raised circumferential wall for confining the gathered suture member thereon.
A kit for use in attaching tissue having a suture member engaged therewith adjacent human bone at a predetermined location, the kit including:
- an anchor having a tapered portion with a generally circular head at a first end and a pointed tip at a second end, the head including tool engagement walls, the anchor having at least a portion thereof having threads thereon, the shank including suture receiving walls and walls defining a reel portion, the walls defining the reel portion capable of gathering a suture member thereupon when the suture member is engaged with the suture receiving walls and the shank rotated with the tool engaged to the tool engaging walls of the head of the device;
- a tool comprising an elongated body having a handle at a first end thereof, and a head at the second end thereof, the head having walls configured to engage the tool engagement walls of the anchor.
In a suture anchor having an outer surface including threads, the improvement comprising:
- suture receiving walls defining a hole from one part of the outer surface to another;
- walls defining the reel portion, the reel portion capable of receiving suture a member that has engaged the suture-receiving walls of the anchor, the real portion having adjacent thereto a continuous raised wall, the raised wall for combining the suture material to the reel portion when the suture anchor is rotatably affixed to a bone mass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.