Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Suture anchor assembly and method of passing same suture multiple times
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Application No.: US15359070Application Date: 2016-11-22
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Publication No.: US10548587B2Publication Date: 2020-02-04
- Inventor: Peter J. Dreyfuss
- Applicant: Arthrex, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US FL Naples
- Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Naples
- Agency: Blank Rome LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04

Abstract:
A suture anchor assembly and method of tissue repair using the same suture of the suture anchor assembly. The suture anchor assembly has a fixation device, at least one repair suture coupled to a portion of the fixation device, and a shuttle loop coupled to the portion of the fixation device. The repair suture has a passing end configured to pass through tissue and a free end opposite the passing end. The shuttle loop has at least one linking region, such as an eyelet configured to receive the passing end of the at least one suture repair.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180140291A1 SUTURE ANCHOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF PASSING SAME SUTURE MULTIPLE TIMES Public/Granted day:2018-05-24
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