US 12,232,718 B2
Method and apparatus for attaching tissue to bone, including the provision and use of a novel knotless suture anchor system
Jeremy Graul, Elk Grove, CA (US); and J. Brook Burley, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Stryker Puerto Rico Limited, Arroyo, PR (US)
Filed by Stryker Puerto Rico Limited, Arroyo, PR (US)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/671,919.
Application 17/671,919 is a continuation of application No. 16/364,337, filed on Mar. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,246,585.
Application 16/364,337 is a continuation of application No. 15/231,227, filed on Aug. 8, 2016, granted, now 10,238,379, issued on Mar. 26, 2019.
Application 15/231,227 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/568,805, filed on Dec. 12, 2014, granted, now 9,826,973, issued on Nov. 28, 2017.
Application 14/568,805 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/830,501, filed on Mar. 14, 2013, granted, now 9,149,268, issued on Oct. 6, 2015.
Application 13/830,501 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/642,168, granted, now 9,451,943, issued on Sep. 27, 2016, previously published as PCT/US2011/021173, filed on Jan. 13, 2011.
Application 13/642,168 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/839,246, filed on Jul. 19, 2010, granted, now 9,179,905, issued on Nov. 10, 2015.
Application 13/830,501 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/538,378, filed on Jun. 29, 2012, granted, now 9,101,355, issued on Aug. 11, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/326,709, filed on Apr. 22, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/271,205, filed on Jul. 17, 2009.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/502,621, filed on Jun. 29, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/644,129, filed on May 8, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/718,997, filed on Oct. 26, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/915,004, filed on Dec. 12, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/201,627, filed on Aug. 6, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0273284 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/57 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0485 (2013.01); A61B 90/08 (2016.02); A61B 90/57 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00296 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00309 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0412 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0424 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0425 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0448 (2013.01); A61B 2017/045 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0453 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02)] 52 Claims
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1. Apparatus for securing an object to bone, the apparatus comprising:
an anchor comprising:
a body having a distal end, a proximal end and a passageway extending at least partially between the distal end and the proximal end, wherein the body comprises a generally cylindrical outer surface having a recess, and further wherein the passageway of the body is off-center from the cylindrical outer surface of the body at the recess; and
a movable element movably disposed in the passageway of the body, wherein when the anchor is disposed in a bone and an object is secured to a suture extending through the passageway of the body, proximal movement of the movable element binds the suture to the anchor, whereby to secure the object to the bone.