US 12,295,564 B2
Self-drilling anchor inserter
Grady Breslich, Saint Petersburg, FL (US); Peter Miller, Largo, FL (US); James M. Barber, Largo, FL (US); and Bennie Wayne Gladdish, Jr., Odessa, FL (US)
Assigned to Conmed Corporation, Utica, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/414,681
Filed by Conmed Corporation, Utica, NY (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/067142
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/132049, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/781,246, filed on Dec. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0015753 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1615 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 17/1624 (2013.01); A61B 17/17 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An anchor inserter, comprising
a cannulated inserter tube extending along a longitudinal axis having a proximal inserter end and distal inserter end;
a cannulated suture tube extending through the cannulated inserter tube, the cannulated suture tube having a proximal suture tube and a distal suture tube end;
an inserter tip attached to and extending distally from the distal inserter end, the inserter tip having a proximal tip end and a distal tip end;
a suture anchor retention slot extending through the distal tip end, wherein the suture anchor retention slot comprises a straight portion connected to a curved portion that extends at an angle from the straight portion; and
one or more features on the proximal tip end removably connected to one or more features on the distal inserter end.