US 12,324,573 B2
Soft suture-based anchors
Stephen S. Burkhart, Boerne, TX (US); Peter J. Dreyfuss, Naples, FL (US); and Paul C. Brady, Knoxville, TN (US)
Assigned to ARTHREX, INC., Naples, FL (US)
Filed by ARTHREX, INC., Naples, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/940,282.
Application 17/940,282 is a division of application No. 17/124,008, filed on Dec. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,464,505.
Application 17/124,008 is a continuation of application No. 16/788,637, filed on Feb. 12, 2020, granted, now 11,116,491, issued on Sep. 14, 2021.
Application 16/788,637 is a continuation of application No. 15/242,331, filed on Aug. 19, 2016, granted, now 10,595,845, issued on Mar. 24, 2020.
Application 15/242,331 is a continuation of application No. 13/624,321, filed on Sep. 21, 2012, granted, now 9,421,008, issued on Aug. 23, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/538,163, filed on Sep. 23, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2023/0000480 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/04 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0406 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06185 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
preparing a socket in a bone;
inserting a suture based anchor into the socket with a forked tip of an inserter;
wherein the suture based anchor includes a unitary first flexible suture strand and a separate second flexible suture strand passed through an internal portion of the first flexible suture strand at three or more distinct locations; and
tensioning the second flexible strand, thereby moving the suture based anchor from a first, extended position to a second, compressed position.