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US 2022/0175368 A1Published application
Devices, systems, and methods for knotless suture anchors
AssigneeMedos International Sarl
InventorsJacob A. Marks, Ami Shyam Joshi
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Abstract
Various devices, systems, and methods for knotless suture anchors are provided. In general, a guide device can be cannulated and can be configured to slidably receive therein an inserter tool configured to deliver a suture anchor into a hole formed in bone, such as with a drill advanced through the guide device. The guide device with the inserter tool therein can be configured to be held as a unit by one hand of a person, e.g., a surgeon or other medical personnel.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A surgical system, comprising:
- a first surgical device having an inner lumen extending therethrough and having a first engagement feature thereon;
- and
- a second surgical device configured to deliver an anchor into bone, the second surgical device being configured to be advanced distally in the inner lumen, the second surgical device having a second engagement feature thereon configured to engage the first engagement feature, the engagement of the first and second engagement features being configured to fix a position of the second surgical device relative to the first surgical device such that, with the second surgical device located in the inner lumen, the first and second surgical devices are configured to be held as a unit without the second surgical device moving in the inner lumen;
- wherein, with the first and second engagement features engaged, the second surgical device is configured to be in the fixed position with the second surgical device at any selected axial position along the first surgical device.
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A surgical system, comprising:
- an anchor configured to be implanted in bone;
- a first surgical device having an inner lumen;
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- a second surgical device configured to be advanced distally through the inner lumen of the first surgical device such that a distal end of the second surgical device having the anchor engaged therewith exits the inner lumen and enters bone;
- wherein, after the distal advancement of the second surgical device, a single motion of the second surgical device is configured to remove the second surgical device from the inner lumen of the first surgical device and to automatically disengage the second surgical device from the anchor.
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A surgical method, comprising:
- advancing a second surgical device distally in an inner lumen of a first surgical device such that a first engagement feature of the first surgical device becomes engages with a second engagement feature of the second surgical device, the engagement of the first and second engagement features fixing a position of the second surgical device relative to the first surgical device such that the first and second surgical devices are configured to be held as a unit without the second surgical device moving in the inner lumen;
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- after advancing the second surgical device distally in the inner lumen of the first surgical device, advancing the second surgical device proximally in the inner lumen of the first surgical device such that the second surgical device is automatically decoupled from an anchor releasably coupled thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.