US 12,262,885 B2
Soft anchoring tissue repair assembly and system
Zenan Qi, Attleboro, MA (US); Marc Joseph Balboa, Hopkinton, MA (US); Timothy Young, Natick, MA (US); Geoffrey Ian Karasic, Raynham, MA (US); Paul Alexander Torrie, Marblehead, MA (US); Kyle Steven Frederick Turner, Mansfield, MA (US); Nehal Navinbhai Patel, Boston, MA (US); Benjamin Michael Hall, Roslindale, MA (US); and Kangqiao Li, Providence, RI (US)
Assigned to Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US); Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Zug (CH); and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Singapore (SG)
Appl. No. 17/617,718
Filed by Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US); Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Zug (CH); and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Singapore (SG)
PCT Filed Jun. 12, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/037574
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/252372, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/891,553, filed on Aug. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/861,389, filed on Jun. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0240918 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0482 (2013.01); A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0446 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0474 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0475 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06185 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tissue repair assembly comprising:
a soft anchor having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween;
an expansion suture coupled to the soft anchor, a first end and a second end of the expansion suture exit the soft anchor adjacent to the proximal end of the soft anchor;
a repair suture separately formed from the expansion suture for coupling a tissue with the soft anchor;
a locking suture separately formed from both the expansion suture and repair suture, the locking suture coupled to the soft anchor and includes a pre-formed knot and wherein a portion of the pre-formed knot is configured to receive the repair suture and expansion suture therethrough;
wherein tensioning on at least one of the first and second ends of the expansion suture causes the soft anchor to change to a deployed configuration; and wherein tension on the locking suture is configured to selectively tighten the pre-formed knot and lock the soft anchor in the deployed configuration.