Knotless suture anchor assembly
OwnerRaymond Thalinventor
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Abstract
A knotless suture anchor assembly for the attachment or reattachment or repair of tissue to a bone mass. The assembly allows for an endoscopic or open surgical procedure to take place without the requirement of tying a knot for reattachment of tissue to bone mass. A spike member is inserted through tissue mass through a loop and inserted into a dowel-like hollow anchoring sleeve which has been inserted into a bone mass. The spike member is securely fastened or attached to the anchoring sleeve with a ratcheting mechanism thereby pulling or adhering (attaching) the tissue to the bone mass.
Claims9
A knotless suture anchor assembly for attachment of tissue to a bone mass, said assembly consisting of:
- a) at most one anchor member having a first end and a second end, said first end of said anchor member having a suture element attached thereto, wherein said suture element has at least one loop portion located along its length, said anchor member to be passed through said at least one loop portion of said suture element;
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- b) at most one hollow anchoring sleeve having bone attachment means located on said hollow anchoring sleeve for securely anchoring said sleeve to said bone mass for receiving said anchor member thereby securely attaching said tissue to said bone mass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.