US 11,864,750 B2
Knotless anchor insertion
Ravi Patel, Providence, RI (US); Jordan Jacobs, Raynham, MA (US); Daniel Gamache, Dedham, MA (US); Brian Otrando, Cumberland, RI (US); Timothy Reppert, Foster City, CA (US); Steven Reppucci, Raynham, MA (US); and Mark Shainwald, Raynham, MA (US)
Assigned to Medos International Sarl, Le Locle (CH)
Filed by Medos International Sarl, Le Locle (CH)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/241,308.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/017,009, filed on Apr. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0338224 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/042 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0441 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0446 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical system, comprising:
a handle;
an outer shaft extending distally from the handle and including an inner lumen;
an inner shaft extending distally from the handle, the inner shaft being positioned in the inner lumen of the outer shaft, a distal end of the inner shaft being positioned distal to an open distal end of the outer shaft;
a pliable member having a first state in which the pliable member cooperates with the distal end of the inner shaft to define an enclosed passage that is configured to seat a suture therethrough; and
an anchor configured to be implanted in bone, the anchor including an inner lumen, and the inner shaft being positioned in the inner lumen of the anchor;
wherein the outer shaft is configured to translate relative to the inner shaft and thereby cause the anchor to translate distally into a bone hole;
the inner shaft includes a pair of opposed distal arms that define left and right sides of the enclosed passage; and
wherein the pliable member in the first state is configured to bend relative to the distal arms to open the enclosed passage.