US 11,696,752 B2
Systems and methods for all-inside suture fixation for implant attachment and soft tissue repair
Paul Viola, Montvale, NJ (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/161,028.
Application 17/161,028 is a continuation of application No. 15/604,071, filed on May 24, 2017, granted, now 10,932,769.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/370,167, filed on Aug. 2, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/341,744, filed on May 26, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0145432 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/06066 (2013.01); A61B 17/06109 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0404 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0474 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0475 (2013.01); A61B 2017/061 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of using an inserter, comprising:
inserting a shaft of the inserter into soft tissue, a first anchor and a second anchor received within the shaft, a length of suture connecting the first anchor and the second anchor, the inserter including a housing and an implant push rod, the push rod connected to an actuator and an actuator extension, the actuator extension extending from a proximal end of the housing and the actuator extending from a side of the housing, wherein the housing includes a biasing element between the actuator and the actuator extension positioned longitudinally relative to a longitudinal axis defined by the housing, wherein the actuator extension is a most proximal feature of the inserter;
engaging the actuator or the actuator extension to slide the push rod towards a distal end of the housing of the inserter to expel the first anchor from an open distal end of the shaft;
engaging the actuator or the actuator extension to slide the push rod towards the proximal end of the housing after the first anchor is expelled; and
engaging the actuator or the actuator extension to slide the push rod towards the distal end of the housing to expel the second anchor from the open distal end of the shaft after the push rod is slid towards the proximal end of the housing.