Modified adjustable, locking all-suture anchor assembly and method for repair
OwnerRaymond Thalinventor
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Abstract
An adjustable, locking all-suture anchor assembly includes at least one suture strand and an all-suture anchoring element. The suture strand has a suture first end and a suture second end, wherein the suture first end includes an enlarged capturable structure and the suture second end is free and accessible for manipulation by a medical practitioner. In use, the suture first end is held in or by the all-suture anchoring element through inclusion of the enlarged capturable structure and the enlarged capturable structure functions to anchor the suture first end in relation to the all-suture anchoring element and retain the suture first end in position relative to the all-suture anchoring element when the suture second end is pulled.
Claims19
An adjustable, locking all-suture anchor assembly, comprising:
- at least one suture strand, the suture strand has a suture first end and a suture second end, wherein the suture first end includes an enlarged capturable structure and the suture second end is free and accessible for manipulation by a medical practitioner;
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- an all-suture anchoring element;
- wherein the suture first end is held in or by the all-suture anchoring element through inclusion of the enlarged capturable structure and the enlarged capturable structure functions to anchor the suture first end in relation to the all-suture anchoring element and retain the suture first end in position relative to the all-suture anchoring element when the suture second end is pulled.
A method for using an all-suture anchoring assembly including at least one suture strand and an all-suture anchoring element, the suture strand having a suture first end and a suture second end, wherein the suture first end includes an enlarged capturable structure and the suture second end is free and accessible for manipulation by a medical practioner, the method comprising:
- holding the suture first end in position relative to the all-suture anchoring element;
- threading the suture second end through the all-suture anchoring element;
- passing the suture second end through the tissue;
- passing the suture second end through the all-suture anchoring element;
- capturing the all-suture anchoring element and the suture strand threaded through the all-suture anchoring element;
- inserting the all-suture anchoring element and the suture strand in a bone channel.
The method according to claim. 13, wherein after passing the suture send end through the tissue, the step of passing the suture second end through the all-suture anchoring element includes threading the suture second end through the all-suture anchoring element at a first suture aperture location adjacent to the enlarged capturable structure or at a location adjacent to the first suture aperture location adjacent to the enlarged capturable structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.