US Patent No: 5,843,087

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Suture anchor installation tool

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Abstract

A bone anchor installation tool for deploying a bone anchor in bone.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
DEPUY MITEK, INC.RAYNHAM, MA154

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Jensen, Kenneth L Providence, UT 5 205
Roberts, Mikael Logan, UT 1 26

Cited Art

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
MITEK SURGICAL PRODUCTS, INC. (4)
4,898,156 Suture anchor 262 1987
5,002,550 Suture anchor installation tool 276 1990
5,192,303 Suture anchor 160 1992
5,520,696 Bone anchor installation tool 52 1994

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Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
ETHICON, LLC (12)
8,032,996 Apparatus for forming barbs on a suture 1 2004
8,083,770 Suture anchor and method 0 2008
8,118,834 Composite self-retaining sutures and method 2 2008
8,216,273 Self-retainers with supporting structures on a suture 0 2009
8,246,652 Suture with a pointed end and an anchor end and with equally spaced yieldable tissue grasping barbs located at successive axial locations 0 2010
8,028,387 System for supporting and cutting suture thread to create tissue retainers thereon 0 2010
8,028,388 System for cutting a suture to create tissue retainers of a desired shape and size 0 2010
8,020,263 Automated system for cutting tissue retainers on a suture 0 2010
8,015,678 Method for cutting a suture to create tissue retainers of a desired shape and size 0 2010
8,011,072 Method for variable-angle cutting of a suture to create tissue retainers of a desired shape and size 0 2010
7,996,967 System for variable-angle cutting of a suture to create tissue retainers of a desired shape and size 0 2010
7,996,968 Automated method for cutting tissue retainers on a suture 0 2010
 
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. (7)
6,986,781 Tissue repair system 66 2001
6,656,183 Tissue repair system 66 2001
7,887,551 Soft tissue attachment and repair 3 2002
7,867,251 Reattachment of tissue to base tissue 4 2002
7,309,337 Tissue repair system 10 2003
7,651,509 Methods and devices for tissue repair 49 2004
8,366,744 Apparatus for tissue repair 0 2011
 
BIOMET SPORTS MEDICINE, LLC (2)
5,954,747 Meniscus repair anchor system 132 1997
6,306,156 Meniscus repair anchor system 76 1999
 
LINVATEC CORPORATION (2)
6,692,516 Knotless suture anchor and method for knotlessly securing tissue 36 2001
8,029,537 Knotless suture anchor and method for knotlessly securing tissues 3 2009
 
ANSPACH EFFORT, INC., THE (1)
7,144,415 Anchor/suture used for medical procedures 17 2004
 
DEPUY MITEK, INC. (1)
8,323,315 Suture locking device 0 2007
 
OTHER [CHECK PATENT PROFILE FOR ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION] (1)
6,557,426 Method and apparatus for testing suture anchors 8 2001