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US 2014/0228866 A1Published application
Method of Anchoring a Suture
AssigneeVentureMD Innovations, LLC
InventorsT. Wade Fallin, M. Mary Sinnott
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Abstract
Devices and methods are presented for securing a suture to facilitate a surgical procedure.
Claims21
A method of securing first and second suture limbs relative to a bone, the method comprising:
- passing first and second suture limbs through a bone tunnel;
- passing one of the first and second suture limbs through a cannulated anchor;
- inserting the anchor into the bone tunnel to trap the other of the first and second suture limbs between the anchor and bone tunnel in interference relationship;
- and
- securing the first and second suture limbs together to suspend the suture limbs over the anchor.
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A method of securing first and second suture limbs relative to a bone, the method comprising:
- passing first and second suture limbs through a bone tunnel;
- passing the first suture limb through a cannulated anchor;
- inserting the anchor into the bone tunnel to trap the second suture limb between the anchor and bone tunnel in interference relationship;
- and
- securing the first suture limb.
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A method of tethering first and second bones together, the method comprising:
- anchoring a first suture anchor to the first bone;
- passing a suture from the first suture anchor through a bone tunnel in the second bone;
- inserting a second suture anchor into the bone tunnel in the second bone to secure the suture between the second suture anchor and bone tunnel in interference relationship.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.