Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fenestrated locking suture anchor assembly
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Application No.: US15346980Application Date: 2016-11-09
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Publication No.: US10335137B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Tatsuya Arai , Matthew Edwin Koski , Mark Edwin Housman , Richard M. Lunn
- 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
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04

Abstract:
The technology includes an anchor assembly for tissue repair having an open helical coil sleeve and a tip structure. The tip structure includes an aperture for passing a suture and a suture capture member for capturing a suture. The technology also includes an anchor driver for installing an anchor into bone. The anchor driver includes an outer shaft and a sleeve advancement member for advancing the sleeve as well as an inner shaft and a suture capture advancement member for advancing the suture capture member. The technology also includes a system for tissue repair having an anchor assembly and an anchor driver for installing the anchor assembly into bone.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170049438A1 FENESTRATED LOCKING SUTURE ANCHOR ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2017-02-23
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