Reissue Patent
- Patent Title: Flexible deformable suture anchor
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Application No.: US17375686Application Date: 2021-07-14
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Publication No.: USRE49892E1Publication Date: 2024-04-02
- Inventor: Stephen Santangelo , Jeffrey Wyman , Matthew E. Koski
- Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TN Memphis
- Assignee: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
- Current Assignee: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Memphis
- Agency: Burns & Levinson, LLP
- Agent Joseph M. Maraia; Marlo Schepper Grolnic
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/06 ; A61F2/08
Abstract:
A deformable or flexible suture anchor having apertures secures a suture to a skeletal structure via holes drilled through the skeletal structure, and passing the suture therethrough. A deformable structure permits the anchor to resiliently deform or bend for passing through an aperture, and resume a size larger than the passed aperture for securement on an opposed side of the aperture.
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