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US 2016/0235397 A1Published application
Anchor Assembly
AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorsRichard M. Lunn, David A. Paulk, Thomas C. May, Steven W. Astorino
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an anchor assembly. The anchor assembly includes an anchor defining a cavity and an opening to the cavity and an insertion member configured for arrangement within the anchor cavity. The insertion member may include a body having a proximal end portion and a flat distal end portion. A method of tissue repair and other anchor assemblies are also disclosed.
Claims41
An anchoring system comprising:
- an anchor with a longitudinal axis extending along a length of the anchor, the anchor comprising:
- an anchor body comprising:
- a proximal end positioned along the longitudinal axis,
- a distal end positioned along the longitudinal axis and opposite from the proximal end,
- a cavity positioned along the longitudinal axis between the proximal end and the distal end,
- an opening to the cavity at the proximal end of the anchor body, and
- a transverse hole into the cavity, wherein the transverse hole includes a proximal edge and a distal edge, and wherein the cavity extends distal of the distal edge of the transverse hole and proximal of the proximal edge of the transverse hole, and
- an insertion member with an end having a substantially flat profile sized and configured to be moved within the cavity such that the insertion member, as measured from the substantially flat profile to another point along the insertion member, covers the transverse hole from a point proximal of the proximal edge of the transverse hole to a point distal of the distal edge of the transverse hole;
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- a delivery device configured to couple with the anchor and move the insertion member relative to the anchor body along the longitudinal axis.
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An anchoring system comprising:
- an anchor with a longitudinal axis extending along a length of the anchor, the anchor comprising:
- an anchor body comprising:
- a proximal end positioned along the longitudinal axis,
- a distal end positioned along the longitudinal axis and opposite from the proximal end,
- a cavity positioned along the longitudinal axis between the proximal end and the distal end,
- an opening to the cavity at the proximal end of the anchor body;
- a transverse hole into the cavity, wherein the transverse hole includes a proximal edge and a distal edge, and wherein the cavity has a working diameter that extends distal of the distal edge of the transverse hole and proximal of the proximal edge of the transverse hole, and
- an insertion member with a minimum diameter along a length of the insertion member sized to substantially fill the working diameter of the cavity from a point proximal of the proximal edge of the transverse hole to a point distal of the distal edge of the transverse hole;
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- a delivery device configured to couple with the anchor and move the insertion member relative to the anchor body along the longitudinal axis.
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An anchoring system comprising:
- an anchor with a longitudinal axis extending along a length of the anchor. the anchor comprising:
- an anchor body comprising:
- a proximal end positioned along the longitudinal axis,
- a distal end positioned along the longitudinal axis and opposite from the proximal end,
- a cavity positioned along the longitudinal axis between the proximal end and the distal end,
- an opening to the cavity at the proximal end of the anchor body,
- a transverse hole into the cavity, wherein the transverse hole includes a. proximal edge and a distal edge, and wherein the cavity extends distal of the distal edge of the transverse hole and proximal of the proximal edge of the transverse hole, and
- an insertion member sized and configured to be moved within the cavity to cover the transverse hole, wherein the insertion member includes a typical outer body diameter, wherein the typical outer body diameter is smaller than a diameter of any threads on the insertion member and smaller than a diameter of any head of the insertion member and larger than a dimension of the transverse hole into the cavity that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the anchor, and wherein the anchor is sized and configured such that the typical body diameter of the insertion member fits within the cavity from a point proximal of the proximal edge of the transverse hole to a point distal of the distal edge of the transverse hole;
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- a delivery device configured to couple with the anchor and move the insertion member relative to the anchor body along the longitudinal axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.