US 11,877,738 B2
Methods and devices for knotless suture anchoring
Adam Gustafson, Dighton, MA (US); Stefan Gabriel, Mattapoisett, MA (US); Benjamin Cleveland, Weymouth, MA (US); Gerome Miller, Randolph, MA (US); Mehmet Z. Sengun, Canton, MA (US); Mollie Rosen, Boston, MA (US); and Justin Piccirillo, Uxbridge, MA (US)
Assigned to Medos International Sarl, Le Locle (CH)
Filed by Medos International Sarl, Le Locle (CH)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/577,942.
Application 16/577,942 is a continuation of application No. 15/458,018, filed on Mar. 13, 2017, granted, now 10,463,357.
Prior Publication US 2020/0029952 A1, Jan. 30, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0485 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0403 (2013.01); A61B 2017/044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical system, comprising:
an elongate shaft, a distal tip of the elongate shaft being configured to be inserted into a bone to initiate formation of a hole in the bone, and the elongate shaft having a suture retaining feature formed therein that extends proximally from an opening formed through a side of the elongate shaft;
an implantable member having a shape that tapers in a distal direction, the elongate shaft being positioned in an inner lumen of the implantable member, and the implantable member being configured to be advanced distally into the hole initiated by the distal tip of the elongate shaft and widen the hole as the implantable member is being advanced into the hole; and
an implantable anchor configured to be advanced distally into the hole widened by the implantable member, the elongate shaft being positioned in an inner lumen of the implantable anchor, and the distal advancement of the implantable anchor being relative to the implantable member.