CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0487 (2013.01); A61F 2/0811 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00336 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00858 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0432 (2013.01); A61B 2017/044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06185 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0858 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0882 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0888 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A method of securing soft tissue to bone, comprising:
locating an adjustable suture construct in a first bone hole, the adjustable suture construct including a first suture with a first free end that extends longitudinally through a first longitudinal passage in the first suture to form a first self-locking adjustable loop, wherein said locating leaves at least a first part of the first longitudinal passage inside the first bone hole and at least a first segment of the first self-locking adjustable loop outside the first bone hole and extending through soft tissue adjacent the first bone hole, the first segment of the first self-locking adjustable loop including an outside anchor coupled thereto so that the soft tissue is left positioned between the outside anchor and the first bone hole, wherein the outside anchor comprises a deformable tube anchor, and wherein the outside anchor being coupled to the first segment of the first self-locking adjustable loop includes suture material of the first segment extending longitudinally through at least part of a longitudinal bore in the deformable tube anchor;
moving the outside anchor into a second bone hole after said locating, the second bone hole spaced apart from the first bone hole; and
pulling on the first free end of the first suture from outside the first bone hole so as to reduce a size of the first self-locking adjustable loop.
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