Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for coupling soft tissue to bone
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Application No.: US15629798Application Date: 2017-06-22
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Publication No.: US10893857B2Publication Date: 2021-01-19
- Inventor: Jacy C. Hoeppner
- Applicant: Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
- Applicant Address: US IN Warsaw
- Assignee: Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
- Current Assignee: Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Warsaw
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04 ; A61B17/17 ; A61B17/29

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for securing a suture to bone can include grasping a first suture portion with a grasping member on a positioning tool. The first suture portion can be located into a first cannulation defined in the positioning tool. A cutting member can be advanced through a second cannulation defined on the positioning tool and out through a distal opening defined on the positioning tool. A first bone hole can be cut into the bone with the cutting member. A flexible member advancing tool can be advanced through the first cannulation. The first suture portion can be urged out of the distal opening and into the first bone hole.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170281153A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COUPLING SOFT TISSUE TO BONE Public/Granted day:2017-10-05
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