CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1682 (2013.01); A61F 2/0805 (2013.01); A61F 2/0811 (2013.01); A61B 17/06128 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0404 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2090/034 (2016.02); A61B 2090/062 (2016.02); A61F 2002/0852 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0882 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
1. A suture anchor assembly comprising:
a base member having a proximal end and a distal end, the base member comprising a distally-facing surface;
a delivery tube extending from the distal end of the base member, the delivery tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal passage;
a suture anchor positioned in the delivery tube, the suture anchor defining a body that has a first side and a second side opposite the first side, and the suture anchor further comprising first and second through holes that extend through the body from the first side to the second side and are disposed on opposite sides of a midline of the body that is equidistantly disposed between first and second ends of the suture anchor that each extend from the first side to the second side; and
a button actuatable distally toward the base member via pressure from a thumb of a hand, with one or more fingers of the hand pressing proximally against the distally-facing surface, to urge the suture anchor to move distally relative to the delivery tube,
wherein the suture anchor is responsive to tension in a portion of a suture that extends from the base member through the first hole, which causes the suture anchor to pivot to a deployed orientation nonparallel to the delivery tube.
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