Suture anchor assembly
OwnerEric ZAJAC, Tom DOONEY +3inventors
InventorsEric ZAJAC, Tom DOONEY, Derek SULLIVAN, Patrick SMITH, Nathanael GAMSO
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Abstract
An anchor assembly secures a tissue to a bone with a repair strand. The anchor assembly includes an anchor sleeve having a lumen and an inner thread, an anchor tip having an opening, and an anchor insert inserted into the lumen of the anchor sleeve. The anchor sleeve is inserted into a bone socket in the bone. The opening receives the repair strand. The anchor insert has an outer thread configured to engage the inner thread of the anchor sleeve, where the anchor insert rotates relative to the anchor tip while being inserted into the anchor sleeve. The anchor assembly is used in a method of securing tissue to bone.
Claims20
An anchor assembly configured to secure a tissue to a bone using a repair strand, the anchor assembly comprising:
- an anchor sleeve comprising a plurality of wings configured to expand, the anchor sleeve defining a lumen, and the anchor sleeve being configured to be inserted into a bone socket in the bone;
- an anchor tip having an opening configured to receive the repair strand;
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- an anchor insert configured to be inserted into the lumen of the anchor sleeve, and the anchor insert being configured to expand the plurality of wings of the anchor sleeve while the anchor insert is inserted into the lumen of the anchor sleeve with the repair strand between the anchor insert and the anchor sleeve.
An anchor sleeve comprising:
- a tubular body configured to be inserted into a socket of a bone, wherein the tubular body has a lumen configured to receive an anchor insert, and the tubular body has a plurality of wings configured to expand;
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- a shoulder extending at least partially around the lumen, wherein the shoulder is configured to be seated on an outer surface of the bone, the shoulder has a lip extending radially of the tubular body, and the lip is configured to support a repair strand extending from a tissue and through the lumen of the tubular body.
An anchor sleeve comprising:
- a tubular body configured to be inserted into a socket of a bone, wherein the tubular body has a lumen configured to receive an anchor insert, and the tubular body has a plurality of wings configured to expand;
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- a shoulder extending at least partially around the lumen, wherein the shoulder is configured to be seated on an outer surface of the bone, the shoulder has a raised protrusion defining a first recess and a second recess, the first recess is configured to receive a first repair strand, and the second recess is configured to receive a second repair strand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.