US 12,213,870 B2
Delivery device for implanting knotless micro-suture anchors and anchor arrays for attachment of soft tissue to bone
Zak Zenz-Olson, Ham Lake, MN (US); Nathaniel Van Tran, Lakeville, MN (US); Thomas A. Westling, Orono, MN (US); and Howard W. Harris, Southlake, TX (US)
Assigned to Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc., Maple Plain, MN (US)
Filed by Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc., Orono, MN (US)
Filed on May 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/827,094.
Application 17/827,094 is a continuation of application No. 17/551,811, filed on Dec. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,389,290.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/281,411, filed on Nov. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/172,629, filed on Apr. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0323202 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/0811 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/1604 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0404 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0406 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0416 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0817 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0888 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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17. A delivery device for transtendinous implantation of a toggle-type suture anchor into bone, the device comprising:
a proximal housing including an elongate tube extending distally therefrom with a lumen therethrough, the proximal housing including a handle, a trigger and a slot for receiving the toggle-type suture anchor;
an anchor delivery tube extending through the lumen of the elongate tube and having a proximal end in the proximal housing, the anchor delivery tube ending in a nub portion, wherein the anchor delivery tube is moveable relative to the proximal housing and elongate tube to selectively extend or retract the nub portion from a distal end of the elongate tube wherein the proximal housing contains means for selectively positioning the nub portion in a first retracted position or a second extended position; and
a magazine carrying cartridges and each cartridge carrying an anchor therein, the anchor pre-strung along a working suture with the delivery device having a mating surface for removable attachment of the magazine to the proximal housing.