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US 2025/0143686 A1Published application
Surgical anchors and surgical anchoring methods
OwnerLauren Chase Thornburg, Aaron Christopher Smith +1inventors
InventorsLauren Chase Thornburg, Aaron Christopher Smith, Mark Elliot Wiltshire
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Abstract
Surgical anchors and related systems and methods that utilize sutures or other flexible, elongated members to actively deploy a deformable anchor body in a manner that facilitates better deployment of the anchor in the bone, resulting in better fixation and resistance to pull out.
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A surgical anchor, comprising:
- (a) an anchor body, the anchor body deformable from an insertion configuration to an anchoring configuration;
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- (b) a flexible, elongated member, the flexible, elongated member comprising:
- (i) a looped section, the looped section including a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein at least part of the distal portion is engaged with the deformable anchor body;
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- (ii) first and second tail sections, the first and second tail sections extending from a proximal portion of the looped section;
- wherein the surgical anchor is configured such that tensioning the first and second tail sections causes the loop to narrow, causing the anchor body to deform to the anchoring configuration.
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A surgical anchor, comprising:
- (a) an anchor body, the anchor body deformable from an insertion configuration to an anchoring configuration;
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- (b) a single length of suture, the single length of suture comprising:
- (i) a looped section, the looped section including more than one complete loops of the single length of suture;
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- (ii) first and second tail sections, the first and section tail sections extending from the looped section;
- wherein the surgical anchor is configured such that tensioning the first and second tail sections causes the looped section to narrow, causing the anchor body to deform to the anchoring configuration.
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A surgical anchoring method, the method comprising:
- (a) using an inserter, inserting a surgical anchor into a bone cavity, the surgical anchor comprising:
- (1) an anchor body, the anchor body deformable from an insertion configuration to an anchoring configuration;
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- (2) a flexible, elongated member, the flexible, elongated member comprising:
- (i) a looped section, the looped section including a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein at least part of the distal portion is engaged with the deformable anchor body;
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- (ii) first and second tail sections, the first and second tail sections connected to the looped section at the proximal portion of the looped section;
- (b) tensioning the first and second tail sections to cause the connection between the tail sections and the looped section to move distally, causing the anchor body to deform to the anchoring configuration, anchoring the surgical anchor in the bone cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.