Umbrella-shaped suture anchor device with actuating ring member

US5545180A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Thu Anh Le · Matawan, US
• Sung S. Yi · Princeton, US
• William J. Zwaskis · Fanwood, US
• Jack S. Pedlick · Butler, US
• Brian H. Luscombe · Hackettstown, US
• Dennis D. Jamiolkowski · Long Valley, US
• John Di Giovanni · Irvington, US
• Keith Seritella · Kendall Park, US
• Mark Steckel · Maineville, US
• Steven F. Harwin · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 28, 1994
• Grant date: Aug 13, 1996
• Expiry date: Apr 28, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S606/91
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A suture anchor device having an anchor member with outwardly extending wing members and an actuating wedge member. The suture anchor device is inserted into a bore hole in a bone as part of an orthopedic surgical procedure wherein soft tissue such as a tendon or ligament is attached to the surface of the bone. The wing members are spread outwardly by the wedge member to lock the suture anchor device in the bone. The suture anchor has similar utility in soft tissue applications.