Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Knotless filament anchor for soft tissue repair
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Application No.: US13441290Application Date: 2012-04-06
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Publication No.: US09808242B2Publication Date: 2017-11-07
- Inventor: Tracy Pat-Yen Ng , Kyle Craig Pilgeram , Lee Harris Cordova , Robert Eugene McLaughlin, II , Stuart Edward Fromm
- Applicant: Tracy Pat-Yen Ng , Kyle Craig Pilgeram , Lee Harris Cordova , Robert Eugene McLaughlin, II , Stuart Edward Fromm
- Applicant Address: US NJ Mahwah
- Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
- Current Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Mahwah
- Agency: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04 ; A61B17/06 ; A61B17/16 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for securing tissue to bone, including drilling a bone hole into the bone; passing a filament through the tissue, the filament including a first end, a second end and a length therebetween, the second end having a loop; passing the first end of the filament through the loop of the filament; pulling on the first end of the filament such that the loop travels along the length of the filament and to the tissue; passing an anchor along the length of the filament, from the first end towards the loop and tissue; engaging the loop with a distal end of the anchor; positioning the distal end of the anchor, with the loop of the filament, into the bone hole; and securing the anchor in the bone.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130267999A1 KNOTLESS FILAMENT ANCHOR FOR SOFT TISSUE REPAIR Public/Granted day:2013-10-10
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