US 11,903,575 B2
Anchor delivery systems
Matthew D. Cunningham, Lakeville, MA (US); Rick Fu, Randolph, MA (US); Allison Marie Stauffer, Brighton, MA (US); and Geoffrey Karasic, Milton, MA (US)
Assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., Memphis, TN (US); SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG, Zug (CH); and SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LIMITED, Singapore (SG)
Filed by Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US); Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Zug (CH); and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Singapore (SG)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/898,527.
Application 17/898,527 is a division of application No. 15/930,593, filed on May 13, 2020, granted, now 11,457,911.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/846,788, filed on May 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0409198 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0448 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An anchor comprising:
a generally cylindrical body having a top surface and a bottom surface, each of the top and bottom surfaces extending along a longitudinal axis between proximal and distal ends of the body; and
a rail extending from the top surface of the body, the rail having a first end and a second end remote from the first end, the rail comprising a first projection extending between a first suture hole and the first end on a first side of the rail, and a second projection extending between a second suture hole and the second end on the first side of the rail, the first and second projections providing a retaining function when engaged with a mating surface of a delivery device.