US 11,723,647 B2
Syndesmosis fixation assembly
Bradford H. Rippe, Philadelphia, PA (US); Kevin Gahman, Douglassville, PA (US); Peter Evans, Lafayette Hill, PA (US); James Gault, Philadelphia, PA (US); and Zachary Shiner, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Assigned to Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed by GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/717,589.
Prior Publication US 2021/0177394 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61F 2/42 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61F 2/4202 (2013.01); A61B 2017/044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A syndesmosis fixation assembly comprising:
a suture retaining portion having a plurality of suture openings formed therein and a distal cavity;
a suture securing portion rotatably connected to the suture retaining portion, wherein the suture securing portion is movable between a first position wherein a suture is moveable within the suture retaining portion and a second position wherein the suture is frictionally secured within the suture retaining portion; and
a bone insertion portion having:
a distal bone insertion end adapted for insertion into a bone;
a proximal bone insertion end inserted into the distal cavity for connection with the suture retaining portion; and
a central longitudinal axis extending between the distal bone insertion end and the proximal bone insertion end.