All-Suture Anchor
AssigneeConmed Corporation
InventorAdrian Bosworth
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Abstract
An anchor includes a flat fibrous construct having an open elongated column; and a filament having a first filament end and a second filament end, which passes through and is positioned at least partially in the open elongated column. The flat fibrous construct includes a first state in which the flat fibrous construct is uncompressed and extends along the longitudinal axis of the filament when in an unfolded and pre-deployed condition; and a second state in which the flat fibrous construct is compressed and expanded in a direction perpendicular to longitudinal axis of the filament in a deployed condition.
Claims6
A method of anchoring tissue to bone, comprising the steps of:
- providing an anchor including:
- a flat fibrous construct having a first fibrous construct end and a second fibrous construct end, and an open elongated column extending from a first elongated column end to a second elongated column end;
- and
- a filament having a first filament end and a second filament end, and passing through and positioned at least partially in the open elongated column;
- wherein the flat fibrous construct comprises:
- a first state in which the flat fibrous construct is uncompressed and extends along the longitudinal axis of the filament when in an unfolded and pre-deployed condition;
- and
- a second state in which the flat fibrous construct is compressed and expanded in a direction perpendicular to longitudinal axis of the filament in a deployed condition;
- and
- deploying the anchor into a bone hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.