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US 2023/0025513 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.
Claims12
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;
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- 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.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.