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US 2019/0167251 A1Published application
Transosseous suture anchor
AssigneeKator, LLC
InventorsT. Wade Fallin, Joel Helgerson
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Abstract
Examples of the invention include implants, instruments and methods for surgical transosseous attachment to a bone. More particularly, examples of the invention relate to knotless suture anchors.
Claims20
A knotless suture anchor comprising:
- an anchor body having an exterior surface, a proximal end, a distal end, a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal and distal end, an interior longitudinal passageway extending at least partway from the proximal end toward the distal end, a proximal opening communicating with the longitudinal passageway nearer the proximal end, and a distal opening communicating with the longitudinal passageway nearer the distal end;
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- a first portion of a suture extending within the longitudinal passageway between the proximal opening and the distal opening, a second portion of the suture contiguous to the first portion and extending out of the anchor body, a third portion of the suture contiguous to the second portion and extending within the longitudinal passageway proximally to distally, and a fourth portion of the suture contiguous to the third portion and extending along the exterior surface distally to proximally.
A knotless suture anchor comprising:
- an anchor body having an exterior surface, a proximal end, a distal end, a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal and distal end, an interior longitudinal passageway extending at least partway from the proximal end toward the distal end, a proximal opening communicating with the longitudinal passageway nearer the proximal end, and a first distal opening communicating with the longitudinal passageway nearer the distal end than the proximal end;
- a proximal member joined to the anchor body by a frangible connection, the proximal member having a proximal member axial passage.
A knotless suture anchor comprising:
- an anchor body having an exterior surface, a proximal end, a distal end, a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal and distal end, an interior longitudinal passageway extending at least partway from the proximal end toward the distal end, a proximal opening communicating with the longitudinal passageway nearer the proximal end, and a distal opening communicating with the longitudinal passageway nearer the distal end;
- a proximal member joined to the anchor body by a frangible connection, the proximal member having a sidewall defining a proximal member axial passage coaxial with the longitudinal passageway, the proximal member having an aperture through the sidewall adjacent to the frangible connection, the proximal member being operable to break away from the anchor body at the frangible connection causing the aperture to open distally.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.