Methods and devices to treat diseased or injured musculoskeletal tissue

US9463010B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Foundry, LLC · US

Inventors

• Darin Gittings · Sunnyvale, US
• Mark Deem · Mountain View, US
• Michael Hendricksen · Redwood City, US
• Vivek Shenoy · Redwood City, US
• Hanson S. Gifford, III · Woodside, US
• Stephen Boyd · Murrieta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 24, 2013
• Grant date: Oct 11, 2016
• Expiry date: Nov 7, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/0496
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A knotless suture anchoring system includes an outer anchor having a central channel and a distal tip adapted to penetrate tissue. An inner anchor is positionable in the central channel of the outer anchor and a locking feature on one or both of the inner and outer anchors retains the inner anchor within the central channel. A continuous length of suture is coupled with the inner and outer suture anchors and has a free end. At least one of the inner and the outer anchors also has a cinching mechanism that allows the suture to be tensioned by passage of the suture through the cinching mechanism in a first direction while movement of the suture through the cinching mechanism in a second direction opposite the first direction is constrained.