US 12,336,701 B2
Method and apparatus for soft tissue fixation
Kevin T. Stone, Winona Lake, IN (US); and Gregory J. Denham, Warsaw, IN (US)
Assigned to Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed by Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/134,897.
Application 14/182,038 is a division of application No. 13/098,927, filed on May 2, 2011, granted, now 8,652,171.
Application 18/134,897 is a continuation of application No. 18/093,114, filed on Jan. 4, 2023.
Application 18/093,114 is a continuation of application No. 16/895,246, filed on Jun. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,723,648.
Application 16/895,246 is a continuation of application No. 15/682,187, filed on Aug. 21, 2017, granted, now 10,729,421.
Application 15/682,187 is a continuation of application No. 14/182,038, filed on Feb. 17, 2014, granted, now 9,763,656.
Prior Publication US 2023/0293165 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0406 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06185 (2013.01)] 40 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of securing a suture anchor system to bone, comprising:
locating a suture anchor with a braided suture coupled thereto in a hole in a bone; and
passing, after said locating, a first free end of the braided suture longitudinally through a longitudinal passage in the braided suture inside the bone to form a first self-locking adjustable loop that is anchored in the bone by the suture anchor, wherein said passing leaves a segment of the first self-locking adjustable loop outside the bone, and wherein, following said passing, the first free end of the braided suture is left outside the bone available for pulling for reducing a size of the first self-locking adjustable loop.