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US 2020/0205801 A1Published application
Surgical instruments
OwnerLee D. Kaplaninventor
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Abstract
A surgical instrument having an anchor and a plug is capable of anchoring a suture. The suture anchor has an anchor body having a top surface, a bottom surface distal to the top surface, a transverse bore and a well, the well having an outer surface, an inner surface, and an inner bottom surface. The plug has a post, a head, and a bottom face. The anchor body and the anchor plus form a suture anchor. The suture anchor may be used during surgical procedures and can be used in the re-tensioning of a suture.
Claims13
A tissue anchor comprising:
- an anchor body comprising:
- a body outer surface;
- a body inner surface having threads;
- a bottom inner surface and a bottom outer surface, the body inner surface and the bottom inner surface defining a well;
- and
- a pair of opposed transverse openings extending through the anchor body from the body outer surface to the body inner surface proximal of the bottom inner surface;
- an anchor plug configured to be received by the well and having threads to threadingly engage the threads of the body inner surface, the threads extending to a distal end of the anchor plug, the anchor plug including a bottom surface;
- and
- one or more sutures received through the pair of opposed transverse openings.
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A method, comprising:
- securing a suture to a tissue;
- inserting an anchor body into a bone, the anchor body having a transverse bore in which the suture is received, the anchor body having a body inner surface and a bottom inner surface defining a well, the transverse bore extending through the anchor body proximal of the bottom inner surface;
- tensioning the suture received within the transverse bore and secured to the tissue;
- and
- securing the suture in the bone by advancing an anchor plug positioned in the well to secure the suture between the bottom inner surface of the well and a flat, distal-most bottom face of the anchor plug.
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A method, comprising:
- securing a suture to a tissue;
- inserting an anchor body into a bone, the anchor body having a transverse bore in which the suture is received, the anchor body having a body inner surface and a bottom inner surface defining a well, the transverse bore extending through the anchor body proximal of the bottom inner surface, the body inner surface having a distal portion and a proximal portion, the distal portion having a threaded region and the proximal portion having a non-threaded surface, the proximal portion having a cross-sectional dimension larger than a largest cross-sectional dimension of the threaded region of the distal portion;
- tensioning the suture received within the transverse bore and secured to the tissue;
- and
- securing the suture in the bone by advancing an anchor plug positioned in the well to secure the suture between the bottom inner surface of the well and a bottom face of the anchor plug.
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A method, comprising:
- securing a suture to a tissue;
- inserting an anchor body into a bone, the anchor body having a transverse bore in which the suture is received, the anchor body having a body inner surface and a bottom inner surface defining a well, the transverse bore extending through the anchor body proximal of the bottom inner surface;
- tensioning the suture received within the transverse bore and secured to the tissue;
- and
- securing the suture in the bone by advancing an anchor plug positioned in the well to secure the suture between the bottom inner surface of the well and a bottom surface of the anchor plug, the anchor plug including threads extending to a distal end of the anchor plug that threadingly engage the body inner surface of the anchor body.
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A method, comprising:
- securing a suture to a tissue;
- inserting an anchor body into a bone, the anchor body having a body inner surface and a bottom inner surface defining a well, the suture being positioned in the well;
- tensioning the suture secured to the tissue;
- and
- securing the suture in the bone by advancing an anchor plug positioned in the well to secure the suture between the body inner surface of the well and the anchor plug,
- unscrewing the anchor plug,
- re-tensioning the suture, and
- advancing the anchor plug to secure the suture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.