Devices, Apparatuses, Kits, and Methods for Anchoring a Suture to a Bone
AssigneeArthrosurface Incorporated
InventorsGeorge SIKORA, Steven EK
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Abstract
Embodiments of devices, apparatuses, kits, and methods for repairing a human joint by suturing biological tissue to the articular surface of a bone at the joint (e.g., repairing defects in the humerus at the glenoid joint after an anterior shoulder dislocation) are described herein. Biological tissue may include hard tissue such as bone or a joint socket or soft tissue such as cartilage, ligaments, tendons, or muscle tissue.
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A device comprising:
- a cylindrical body comprising a coupling end, a surface end, a peripheral surface extending at least partially between the coupling end and the surface end, the body defining one or more suture holes extending inward from the peripheral surface, the body configured to be coupled into a mating cavity of a bone adjacent to a selected type of human joint socket such that:
- the coupling end faces a bottom surface defining the mating cavity,
- the surface end augments an articular surface of the bone, and
- the peripheral surface faces a sidewall defining the mating cavity.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a driver having a shaft, a handle attached to the distal end of the shaft, and a plurality of prongs attached to the proximal end of the shaft, the plurality of prongs configured to be inserted at a surface side of a body.
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A method of one or more of anchoring a suture to a bone and repairing a human joint, the method comprising:
- inserting a cylindrical body of a device into a mating cavity formed in a bone, where the body comprises a coupling end, a surface end, a peripheral surface extending between the coupling end and the surface end, the body defining one or more suture holes extending inward from the peripheral surface, the device having one or more sutures extending out of the one or more suture holes;
- where the body is inserted into the mating cavity such that:
- the coupling end faces a bottom surface defining the mating cavity,
- the surface end augments an articular surface of the bone, and
- the peripheral surface faces a sidewall defining the mating cavity;
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- the one or more sutures are at least partially disposed between the body and the sidewall to resist removal of the body from the mating cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.