US 12,274,433 B2
Soft anchors with soft eyelets
Peter J. Dreyfuss, Naples, FL (US); Thomas Dooney, Jr., Naples, FL (US); E. Lyle Cain, Jr., Birmingham, AL (US); Jeffrey R. Dugas, Vestavia Hills, AL (US); Kyle Anderson, Birmingham, MI (US); and Peter J. Millett, Vail, CO (US)
Assigned to ARTHREX, INC., Naples, FL (US)
Filed by ARTHREX, INC., Naples, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/956,154.
Application 17/956,154 is a division of application No. 16/737,073, filed on Jan. 8, 2020, abandoned.
Application 15/262,593 is a division of application No. 13/961,716, filed on Aug. 7, 2013, granted, now 9,463,011, issued on Oct. 11, 2016.
Application 16/737,073 is a continuation of application No. 15/262,593, filed on Sep. 12, 2016, granted, now 10,736,620, issued on Aug. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/684,418, filed on Aug. 17, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0363753 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0485 (2013.01); A61F 2/08 (2013.01); A61F 2/0811 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0406 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0477 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0852 (2013.01); A61F 2002/087 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0888 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical system, comprising:
an inserter including a distal tip portion; and
a soft anchor loaded on the distal tip portion and including a sheath, a tissue attachment suture preloaded through the sheath, and a shuttle device preloaded through a splice area of the tissue attachment suture,
wherein the shuttle device is configured to receive a free end of the tissue attachment suture for splicing the tissue attachment suture through itself, thereby creating an adjustable loop.