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All-suture anchor inserter

US9173652B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Linvatec Corporation · US

Inventors

Giuseppe Lombardo · Holiday, US
Peter C. Miller · Largo, US
Steven E. Fitts · New Port Richey, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 11, 2013
Grant date	Nov 3, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 11, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/0464
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An inserter for simultaneously creating a bone tunnel and delivering an all-suture anchor. The inserter is capable of inserting into the bone tunnel a soft, non-rigid suture anchor by forming a bone tunnel (to serve as an anchor receiving area) and simultaneously, in one motion, delivering the soft suture anchor to the anchor receiving area. The soft suture anchor is made entirely of non-rigid materials including, but not limited to, filaments of soft, malleable materials such as those commonly used to make sutures. The inserter is able to not only carry or deliver the all-suture anchor into a bony substrate, but is able to do so without having to preform a hole in the bone.

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