US 11,744,572 B2
Far bone suture button
Joshua P. Federspiel, Portland, OR (US); David VanVleet, Hillsboro, OR (US); Steven Morgan, Greenwood Village, CO (US); Selene Parekh, Durham, NC (US); Alastair Younger, Vancouver (CA); Mark B. Sommers, Beaverton, OR (US); Gretchen Hinton, Hillsboro, OR (US); Ann Santich, Portland, OR (US); and William A. Beutler, Jr., Hillsboro, OR (US)
Assigned to Acumed LLC, Hillsboro, OR (US)
Filed by Acumed LLC, Hillsboro, OR (US)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/17,056.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/898,836, filed on Sep. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0068810 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 17/683 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0404 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/681 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suture button insertion system comprising:
a suture;
a button inserter including a shaft having an insertion tip, a pusher rod within the shaft, and a trigger, wherein activating the trigger causes the pusher rod to translate within the shaft; and
a suture button including:
a support having only a single opening,
a first wing extending from the support, and
a second wing extending from the support directly opposite the first wing, wherein the second wing includes a chamfered end,
wherein the suture is positioned through the single opening and on a side of the button inserter, and
wherein the second wing is positioned within the insertion tip such that the chamfered end is facing towards the side of the button inserter with the suture.