US 12,256,919 B2
Suture for connecting a human or animal tissue, soft anchor and method for attaching a tissue to a bone
Clinton Andrew Beck, Fort Wayne, IN (US)
Assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US)
Filed by Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US)
Filed on Aug. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/395,925.
Application 17/395,925 is a continuation of application No. 15/995,509, filed on Jun. 1, 2018, granted, now 11,083,449, issued on Aug. 10, 2021.
Application 15/995,509 is a continuation of application No. 14/304,235, filed on Jun. 13, 2014, granted, now 10,016,192, issued on Jul. 10, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/835,113, filed on Jun. 14, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0361279 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0403 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0406 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06176 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for securing a suture to a bone, comprising:
inserting a soft anchor into a bore hole in the bone, the soft anchor including a body and a suture passing through the body in at least one location;
pulling a first portion of the suture in a first direction, wherein the first portion of the suture comprises at least two protrusions spaced apart from each other along the suture; and
pulling a second portion of the suture in a second direction, wherein the second portion of the suture comprises at least two protrusions spaced apart from each other along the suture;
wherein pulling at least one of the first and second portions of the suture through the soft anchor causes at least one of the protrusions to pass through the soft anchor and inhibit motion in an opposite direction to the first portion being pulled in the first direction or the second portion being pulled in the second direction.