US 12,295,569 B1
Multiple pass self-cinching suture construct
Christian N. Anderson, Nashville, TN (US); and Samuel Grossman, Barrington, RI (US)
Assigned to INS Ortho, Inc., Providence, RI (US)
Filed by INS Ortho, Inc., Providence, RI (US)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/946,857.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/642,207, filed on May 3, 2024.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/06166 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suture construct apparatus, comprising:
a suture strand including an adjustable loop at a first end and a fixed loop at a second end;
a self-cinching section disposed on the suture strand between the adjustable loop and the fixed loop, the self-cinching section including first and second segments of the suture strand co-axially aligned;
a first tag end of the suture strand extending axially inside both the first and second segments of the suture strand in the self-cinching section; and
a second tag end of the suture strand housed axially inside a portion of the first tag end.