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US 8,202,295 B2Granted
Surgical instruments
OwnerLee D. Kaplaninventor
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Abstract
A surgical instrument having an anchor and a plug is capable of anchoring a suture. The suture anchor has an anchor body having a top surface, a bottom surface distal to the top surface, a transverse bore and a well, the well having an outer surface, an inner surface, and an inner bottom surface. The plug has a post, a head, and a bottom face. The anchor body and the anchor plus form a suture anchor. The suture anchor may be used during surgical procedures and can be used in the re-tensioning of a suture.
Claims7
A method of using a knotless suture anchor, the suture anchor comprising:
- an anchor body comprising:
- a well comprising:
- an outer surface;
- an inner surface;
- and
- an inner bottom surface;
- a top surface;
- a bottom surface distal to the top surface;
- and
- a transverse bore proximal to the inner bottom surface of the well;
- an anchor plug comprising:
- a post;
- and
- a bottom face;
- wherein the anchor body and the anchor plug form the knotless suture anchor configured to secure a suture;
- the method comprising:
- boring a nest in a bone;
- threading a unknotted suture through the transverse bore;
- driving the suture anchor into the nest;
- tensioning the unknotted suture;
- and
- securing the unknotted suture in the anchor body by contacting the unknotted suture with the inner bottom surface of the well and the bottom face of the anchor plug.
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