Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Composite interference screws and drivers
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Application No.: US15227468Application Date: 2016-08-03
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Publication No.: US09931195B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Tatsuya Arai , Mark Edwin Housman , Matthew Edwin 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
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04 ; A61F2/08 ; A61B17/86 ; A61B17/88 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to an anchor. The anchor includes a suture bridge having a proximal end and distal end. The distal end of the suture bridge has a thickness greater than a thickness of the proximal end of the suture bridge. At least two ribs extend from the proximal end of the suture bridge to a proximal end of the anchor. At least one open helical coil wraps around the at least two ribs and extends, substantially, from the proximal end of the suture bridge to the proximal end of the anchor. The at least one open helical coil defines an internal volume communicating with a region exterior to the anchor through apertures between turns of the at least one open helical coil. The at least two ribs are engagable with a grooved shaft of a driver.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170014224A1 COMPOSITE INTERFERENCE SCREWS AND DRIVERS Public/Granted day:2017-01-19
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