US 12,329,374 B2
Noninvasively adjustable suture anchors
Edmund J. Roschak, Mission Viejo, CA (US); Thomas B. Buford, Laguna Beach, CA (US); and Blair Walker, Mission Viejo, CA (US)
Assigned to Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/233,472.
Application 17/374,350 is a division of application No. 16/257,526, filed on Jan. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,090,039, issued on Aug. 17, 2021.
Application 18/233,472 is a continuation of application No. 17/374,350, filed on Jul. 13, 2021, granted, now 11,766,252.
Application 16/257,526 is a continuation of application No. 14/447,391, filed on Jul. 30, 2014, granted, now 10,226,242, issued on Mar. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/860,668, filed on Jul. 31, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0380830 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0453 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of treating a patient, comprising:
providing a tensioning device having:
a connector configured to couple to a soft tissue, and
an adjustable anchor configured to couple to the connector and to couple to a bone,
wherein the adjustable anchor comprises:
a first end and a second end;
a housing extending between the first end and the second end; and
an adjustable component disposed within the housing;
inserting the second end of the adjustable anchor into the bone;
connecting the connector to the soft tissue;
coupling the connector to the adjustable anchor; and
adjusting a tension on the connector by rotating the adjustable component within the housing in response to a wireless signal,
wherein the adjustable component comprises:
a cylindrical magnet configured to rotate within the housing; and
a spool coupled to the cylindrical magnet,
wherein the spool is configured to rotate within the longitudinal cavity of the housing upon actuation by the cylindrical magnet, and wherein the connector is partially wound on the spool.