Suture anchor and driver
AssigneeBiocomposites Limited
InventorsJohn Joseph Cooper, Russell David Waters
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Abstract
A suture anchor assembly with an anchor and a driver locatable in an axial longitudinal opening in the anchor. A suture is provided extending through the opening and outside of the anchor at its distal end, and passing proximally along longitudinal grooves on the outside of the anchor. A recess is provided in the longitudinal opening of the suture body and a groove formation is provided in the drive part of the driver to locate the suture therein.
Claims24
A suture anchor assembly, the assembly including an anchor locatable in a bone, a suture, and a driver selectively engageable with the anchor to enable rotation of the anchor, the anchor including a body with a helical screw thread on an exterior of the body, wherein the anchor is to be screwed into a pre-drilled hole in the bone, an opening extending longitudinally completely through the body and having a cross section of a non-circular, geometric shape, the driver including a drive part locatable within the opening of the anchor and profiled such that rotation of the driver causes rotation of the anchor, wherein the suture extends longitudinally completely through the opening of the anchor and a groove extends over only a distal part of a length of the drive part to receive the suture therein and at least one recess is provided in one or more side walls of the opening over only a proximal part of the length of the anchor body, to at least partially locate the suture in the at least one recess, wherein the recess substantially coincides with the portion of the drive part that does not have the groove.
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