Umbrella shaped suture anchor device with actuating ring member

USRE36289E · kind E · reissue

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: Jun 20, 1997
• Grant date: Aug 31, 1999
• Expiry date: Jun 20, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

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.