Knotless suture lock and bone anchor implant method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7682374
APP PUB NO 20060293710A1
SERIAL NO

11375691

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A knotless suture lock and bone anchor wherein a suture, looped through a tissue, is threaded through a plurality of body holes in the anchor to cinch the suture and tissue to the anchor without tying a suture knot on the tissue, and wherein the anchor is adapted for embedding in a bone. The tissue is secured to the anchor by suturing the tissue without a suture knot, fastening the standing leg portion of the suture on a suture leg-anchoring structure, and threading the working leg portion of the suture through the body holes. Pulling on the working leg portion of the suture tightens the suture on the body structure and cinches the loop without a suture knot on the tissue. The bone-embedding structure comprises a plurality of barbs adapted to resist pullout of the anchor from the bone.

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  • ARTHROCARE CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Foerster, Seth San Clemente, US 16 2599
Gordon, Norman Irvine, US 14 940
Tran, Minh Littleton, US 88 5021
Vijay, Francis Irvine, US 12 1235

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