Expanding suture anchor having an actuator pin
AssigneeArthrotek, Inc.
InventorsGregory Denham, Kevin Stone, Ryan Kaiser
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for reattaching soft tissue to a boney structure using an expanding suture anchor. The method can include providing a suture anchor and forming a cavity in the boney structure for receipt of the suture anchor. The method can also include coupling the soft tissue to a suture and coupling the suture to the suture anchor. The method can further include deploying the suture anchor to fix the suture to the suture anchor and the suture anchor to the cavity.
Claims31
A method for attaching a soft tissue to a boney structure comprising:
- providing a suture anchor;
- forming a cavity in the boney structure for receipt of the suture anchor;
- coupling the soft tissue to a suture;
- coupling the suture to the suture anchor;
- and
- deploying the suture anchor to fix the suture to the suture anchor and the suture anchor to the cavity.
A method for attaching a soft tissue to a boney structure comprising:
- providing a suture anchor defining an aperture;
- forming a cavity in the boney structure for receipt of the suture anchor;
- coupling the soft tissue to a suture;
- threading at least one end of the suture through the aperture of the suture anchor;
- disposing the suture anchor in the cavity;
- and
- deploying the suture anchor to fix the suture anchor to the cavity whereby the deployment of the suture anchor fixes the suture to the suture anchor without the use of a knot.
A method for attaching a soft tissue to a boney structure, the method comprising:
- providing a suture anchor;
- forming a cavity in the boney structure for receipt of the suture anchor;
- coupling the soft tissue to a suture;
- coupling the suture to the suture anchor;
- disposing the suture anchor in the cavity;
- and
- applying a retractive force to the suture anchor whereby the retractive force fixes the suture in the suture anchor.
A suture anchor for attaching soft tissue to a boney structure comprising:
- an expanding anchor for engaging the boney structure;
- an insert slideably coupled to the expanding anchor, the insert moveable to cause the expanding anchor to expand and engage the boney structure, an aperture defined in the insert;
- and
- a suture received in the aperture, the suture adapted to be coupled to the soft tissue,
- wherein the movement of the insert fixes the suture to the expanding anchor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.