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US 9,314,240 B2Granted
Locking suture anchor assembly
AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorsDavid A. Paulk, Richard Mark Lunn
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an anchor assembly. The anchor assembly includes an anchor including a distal portion and a proximal portion, the anchor defining a cavity and an opening to the cavity; an insertion member disposed within the cavity of the anchor; and a sleeve coupled to the anchor, the sleeve disposed over the proximal portion of the anchor. A delivery device is also disclosed.
Claims7
An anchor assembly comprising:
- an anchor comprising a distal portion and a proximal portion, the anchor defining a cavity therein, with a wall of the cavity having threads, and the anchor having an opening to the cavity located in the proximal anchor portion and a through hole defined in the distal portion;
- an insertion member, having a threaded proximal outer portion and a non-threaded distal outer portion, disposed within the cavity of the anchor, wherein the threaded proximal outer portion is engaged with the cavity wall threads, the non-threaded distal outer portion is disposed within the anchor cavity and a portion of the insertion member threaded portion extends from the anchor proximal portion;
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- a sleeve coupled to the anchor, the sleeve disposed about the proximal portion of the anchor and enclosing the insertion member extending from the anchor proximal portion,
- wherein the through hole defined in the distal portion of the anchor is not covered by the sleeve.
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An anchor assembly comprising:
- an anchor comprising a distal portion and a proximal portion, the anchor defining a threaded cavity having an opening located in the proximal anchor portion;
- an insertion member having a threaded proximal outer portion and a non-threaded distal outer portion, the threaded proximal outer portion configured to threadably engage with the anchor threaded cavity;
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- a sleeve having a proximal portion and a distal portion configured to couple about the proximal portion of the anchor,
- wherein a through-hole configured to receive a suture is provided in the anchor distal portion and
- wherein the sleeve is configured to not cover the through-hole in the anchor distal portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.