US 9,750,496 B2 · System for securing a portion of a body

Abstract

Embodiments may have one or more projections which engage one or more recesses to position the sections of the retainer relative to each other. An applicator assembly may be used to apply energy to the retainer. Energy applied to the retainer may affect bonding of end portions of the projections to bottom portions of recesses in the retainer. The end portions of the projections may function as energy directors which concentrate energy. The applicator assembly may grip the retainer with a predetermined force. While the applicator assembly is gripping the retainer, the applicator assembly may apply energy to the retainer to effect bonding of sections of the retainer together.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A system for securing a portion of a body, comprising:

a first implant having a body and two first implant projections extending from the body;
a second implant having a body, two recesses configured to receive the two first implant projections, and a second implant projection positioned between the two recesses configured to be positioned against the first implant;
and
at least one suture configured to be positioned between the body of the first implant and the body of the second implant,
wherein application of a force and ultrasonic energy to the first or second implant joins and deforms the first and second implants, such that the second implant projection of the second implant directly joins to the body of the first implant when the at least one suture is positioned between the body of the first implant and the body of the second implant.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/455,093Filed 24 Apr 2012 · continuation

Priority

27 Aug 2002

Published

US 2012/0215233 A123 Aug 2012

Granted

5 Sep 2017

Term ends

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Classification9 codes

A61B 17/0487
For suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials: suture clamps, clips or locks, e.g. for replacing suture knots;…
A61B 2017/045
Additional elements on or within the anchor: snug fit within the anchor
A61B 2017/0459
Means for attaching and blocking the suture in the suture anchor: multiple holes in the anchor through which the suture extends and locking the…
A61B 2017/0464
Suture anchors, buttons or pledgets, i.e. means for attaching sutures to bone, cartilage or soft tissue; Instruments for applying or removing…:…

Family

Application10/228,855Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Aug 2002

Application11/465,199Parent of this continuation · filed 17 Aug 2006

Application11/932,602Parent of this continuation · filed 31 Oct 2007

US 2012/0215233 A1Pre-grant publication · published 23 Aug 2012

US 8,162,977 B2Parent of this continuation

US 7,854,750 B2Parent of this continuation

US 7,094,251 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2004/0044366 A1Published application

US 2007/0032825 A1Published application

US 2008/0108897 A1Published application

US 9,750,496 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

System for securing a portion of a body

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System for securing a portion of a body

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Abstract

Claims14