	US 12,186,178 B2
	Direct soft tissue fixation implantable device and method of use
David J. Khoury, Jackson Hole, WY (US)
Appl. No. 17/615,777
Filed by David J. Khoury, Jackson Hole, WY (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 2, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/035705 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 1, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/247373, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/856,593, filed on Jun. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0218464 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/08 (2006.01)

CPC A61F 2/0811 (2013.01) [A61F 2002/0817 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0864 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0888 (2013.01); A61F 2230/001 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0065 (2013.01)]

21 Claims

1. A direct soft tissue implantable device comprising:

any material structurally capable of resisting deformation once crimped;

wherein said material comprises at least one interior border, where said interior border defines at least one interior opening, which accommodates a diameter of soft tissue;

at least one exterior border, which is accommodated by a crimping pliers;

wherein once crimped to said soft tissue, said device further comprises opposing ends, which extend perpendicularly from said soft tissue, which abut against a fixation surface; and

wherein said opposing ends are held against said fixation surface by a resting tension of said soft tissue.