US 12,232,715 B2
Soft tissue retention device, instrumentation and related methods
Randy Allard, Golden, CO (US); Shane Miller, Kilbeggan (IE); and Douglas K. Blacklidge, Zionsville, IN (US)
Assigned to Paragon 28, Inc., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by Paragon 28, Inc., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/088,189.
Application 17/088,189 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2019/030890, filed on May 6, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/794,565, filed on Jan. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/666,918, filed on May 4, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0045732 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01)] 41 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for retaining soft tissue to a bone, the device comprising:
a first member comprising a first head portion and a first threaded shaft portion extending from an inner side of the first head portion, the first head portion and the first threaded shaft portion defining a cannulated opening that extends through the first member; and
a second member comprising a second head portion and a second threaded shaft portion extending from an inner side of the second head portion, the second head portion and the second threaded shaft portion defining a cannulated opening that extends through the second member,
wherein the inner side of the first head portion comprises a row of teeth and a plurality of through holes positioned between the first threaded shaft portion and the row of teeth that extend to an outer side of the first head portion that opposes the inner side thereof, and
wherein the first and second threaded shaft portions are configured to threadably engage with each other.