Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Knotless suture anchor with breakaway tip
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Application No.: US15739412Application Date: 2016-06-29
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Publication No.: US10582922B2Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Richard M. Lunn , Timothy Young , Matthew Edwin Koski , Jon-Paul Rogers
- 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/US2016/040088 WO 20160629
- International Announcement: WO2017/011185 WO 20170119
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
A one-piece knotless suture anchor with a breakaway distal tip is disclosed. The suture anchor includes a thin section connecting a distal anchor portion and proximal anchor portion. The thin section has a cutaway geometry allowing it to break in a repeatable manner. Force from a driver breaks the thin section connecting the distal and proximal anchor portions. The proximal anchor portion slides distally over the elongated member (either distal or proximal to the distal eyelet) and a repair suture is pinched between the distal and proximal anchor portions, or in between the bone tunnel walls and outer diameter of the sleeve, thereby fixing the repair suture in place without tying an arthroscopic knot.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180185019A1 KNOTLESS SUTURE ANCHOR WITH BREAKAWAY TIP Public/Granted day:2018-07-05
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