Method and apparatus for coupling soft tissue to a bone
AssigneeBiomet Sports Medicine, LLC
InventorsRyan A. Kaiser, Gregory J. Denham, Kevin T. Stone
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for coupling a soft tissue implant into a locking cavity formed within a bone is disclosed. The apparatus includes a member to pull the soft tissue implant into a femoral tunnel. The member includes a suture having first and second ends which are passed through first and second openings associated with the longitudinal passage to form a pair of loops. Portions of the suture lay parallel to each other within the suture. Application of tension onto the suture construction causes retraction of the soft tissue implant into the femoral tunnel.
Claims21
-20. (canceled)
A suture anchor system, comprising:
- a first anchoring member;
- an adjustable suture construct coupled to the first anchoring member, the adjustable suture construct including a first suture with a first free end that passes longitudinally through a first longitudinal passage in the first suture to form a first self-locking adjustable loop;
- and
- a first collapsible tube received onto a folded suture portion of the first self-locking adjustable loop so that a folded end of the folded suture portion protrudes from the first collapsible tube.
A suture anchor system, comprising:
- an adjustable suture construct including a first suture with a first free end that passes longitudinally through a first longitudinal passage in the first suture to form a first self-locking adjustable loop;
- and
- a first collapsible tube received onto a folded suture portion of the first self-locking adjustable loop so that a folded end of the folded suture portion protrudes from the first collapsible tube with the folded suture portion including a first suture section and a second suture section that extend from the folded end back through the first collapsible tube along at least part of a longitudinal bore in the first collapsible tube.
A method of forming a suture anchor system, the method comprising:
- providing or obtaining an adjustable suture construct that includes a first suture with a first free end that passes longitudinally through a first longitudinal passage in the first suture to form a first self-locking adjustable loop;
- and
- receiving a first collapsible tube onto a folded suture portion of the first suture so that a folded end of the folded suture portion protrudes from the first collapsible tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.