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US 2021/0267586 A1Published application
Multi-piece anchor inserter
AssigneeMedos International Sarl
InventorsMehmet Z. Sengun, Joseph Hernandez, Gerome Miller
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Abstract
Various devices, systems, and methods are provided for securing soft tissue to bone. In one exemplary embodiment, a two-piece inserter tool is provided that includes a tip portion that is configured to be removably coupled to a handle portion. A distal portion of the tip portion can be configured to be coupled to a suture anchor, and the tip portion and the anchor can be passed through a continuous suture loop prior to mating the tip portion to the handle portion.
Claims21
A suture anchor system, comprising:
- an anchor having proximal and distal ends, the anchor being configured to be implanted in bone;
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- an inserter tool having a handle portion and a separate tip portion, the tip portion having a proximal end configured to removably mate to a distal end of the handle portion, and having a distal end configured to removably mating the anchor to the tip portion of the inserter tool.
A suture anchor system, comprising:
- an anchor having proximal and distal ends, the anchor being configured to be implanted in bone;
- a first suture coupled to the anchor;
- a second suture in the form of a continuous suture loop slidably disposed on the first suture;
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- an inserter tool having a handle portion and a separate tip portion, the tip portion having a proximal end configured to removably mate to a distal end of the handle portion, and having a distal end configured to removably mating the anchor to the tip portion of the inserter tool;
- wherein, when the tip portion and the anchor are mated, the tip portion and the anchor are configured to be passed through the second suture.
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A method for securing tissue to bone, comprising:
- passing a suture anchor, with a distal tip portion of an inserter tool coupled thereto, through though a loop portion of at least one suture coupled to tissue;
- coupling the distal tip portion of the inserter tool to a handle portion of the inserter tool and manipulating the handle portion with the distal tip portion and the suture anchor attached thereto to implant the suture anchor in bone;
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- removing the proximal handle portion and the distal tip portion of the inserter tool from the suture anchor, leaving the suture anchor implanted in the bone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.