US 11,717,281 B2
Surgical constructs with shuttling loops and methods of tissue fixation
Andrew C. Petry, Naples, FL (US); Thomas Dooney, Jr., Naples, FL (US); Bradford O. Parsons, Irvington, NY (US); John A. Sodeika, Naples, FL (US); Peter J. Dreyfuss, Naples, FL (US); and Stephen S. Burkhart, Boerne, TX (US)
Assigned to Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US)
Filed by Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US)
Filed on May 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/824,192.
Application 17/824,192 is a continuation of application No. 15/997,062, filed on Jun. 4, 2018, granted, now 11,350,923.
Prior Publication US 2022/0287704 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0487 (2013.01); A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61F 2/0811 (2013.01); A61B 17/0466 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0412 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0461 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A suture construct comprising:
a first suture with a passage extending therethrough; and
a second suture separable from the first suture, the second suture comprising:
a middle region configured to pass through the passage of the first suture to connect the first and second sutures together;
two tail regions respectively located at opposite first and second ends of the middle region, wherein ends of the two tail regions opposite the middle region terminate in a single tail to form a closed loop with the middle region; and
a shuttling loop that connects the first end of the middle region to a first one of the tail regions without the middle region or the first one of the tail regions extending through the shuttling loop, wherein the first end of the middle region is directly connected to one end of the shuttling loop and the first one of the tail regions is directly connected to an opposite end of the shuttling loop.