US 12,064,102 B2
Automatic release of a near bone suture button from a button inserter
Joshua P. Federspiel, Portland, OR (US); Ann Nicole Santich, Portland, OR (US); David William Vanvleet, Hillsboro, OR (US); Gretchen Hinton, Hillsboro, OR (US); and Tristan Sommers, Beaverton, OR (US)
Assigned to Acumed LLC, Hillsboro, OR (US)
Filed by Acumed LLC, Hillsboro, OR (US)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/245,335.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/018,825, filed on May 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0338227 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/0404 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 17/0466 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for suture button insertion comprising:
a suture button construct including a far bone button joined by a suture to a near bone button and
a suture button inserter including:
a handle, wherein a portion of the handle defines a channel, a first notch, and a second notch;
a tube extending from the handle;
a carriage including a body, a button post extending from the body, a first suture post and a second suture post each extending from the body, and a first protrusion and a second protrusion each extending from the body, wherein a portion of the body including the first and second protrusions is positioned within the channel of the handle in a pre-deployment configuration of the suture button inserter, and wherein the portion of the body may translate within the channel; and
and a spring having a first end in contact with the portion of the handle and a second end in contact with the body of the carriage,
wherein translating the carriage towards the first end of the spring compresses the spring, and
wherein at least part of the portion of the body may be removed from the channel of the handle when the first and second protrusions are aligned with the first and second notches of the handle,
wherein in the pre-deployment configuration of the suture button inserter, the near bone button is positioned against the button post and the far bone button is positioned at an end of the tube such that the suture is taut between the near bone button and the far bone button.