Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flexible anchor delivery system
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Application No.: US14433684Application Date: 2013-10-15
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Publication No.: US10010314B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Geoffrey I. Karasic , Brett A. McKenzie , Steven William Astorino , Richard M. Lunn , Matthew Edwin Koski , Tatsuya Arai , Mark Edwin Housman , Roland F. Gatturna
- 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
- International Application: PCT/US2013/065064 WO 20131015
- International Announcement: WO2014/062684 WO 20140424
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04 ; A61B17/16 ; A61B17/06

Abstract:
An assembly includes a flexible fixation member, a suture, and a delivery device. The fixation member includes a body with two terminal ends. A suture passes through the flexible fixation member at various points along a length of the body such that portions of the fixation member are slidable relative to the suture and configurable to form a cluster within a surgical site. The delivery device includes a tubular member, an elongated inserter, and a trigger. The elongated inserter is slidably disposed within the tubular member. The inserter has a forked distal end configured to receive a portion of the flexible fixation member and the suture. The trigger is finger-engagable and fixedly coupled to the proximal end of the inserter. It is configured to advance and retract the inserter relative to the tubular member. The trigger includes a retention member for retaining a proximal end portion of the suture.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150320412A1 FLEXIBLE ANCHOR DELIVERY SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2015-11-12
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