US 12,402,874 B2
Surgical constructs with collapsing suture loop and methods for securing tissue
Mehmet Ziya Sengun, Canton, MA (US); Howard C. Tang, Boston, MA (US); and Gregory R. Whittaker, Stoneham, MA (US)
Assigned to Medos International Sàrl, Le Locle (CH)
Filed by Medos International Sàrl, Le Locle (CH)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/296,898.
Application 15/648,068 is a division of application No. 14/145,486, filed on Dec. 31, 2013, granted, now 9,737,293, issued on Aug. 22, 2017.
Application 18/296,898 is a continuation of application No. 16/826,432, filed on Mar. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,672,522.
Application 16/826,432 is a continuation of application No. 15/648,068, filed on Jul. 12, 2017, granted, now 10,631,848, issued on Apr. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/791,079, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0240674 A1, Aug. 3, 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 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61B 2017/044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0446 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06185 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical repair method, comprising:
passing a terminal end of a surgical filament through soft tissue at a location proximate to bone in which the soft tissue is to be attached, the surgical filament having a first portion with a loop formed therefrom, the loop including a snare formed from a portion thereof, a second portion that includes the terminal end, and a coaxial region formed between the first and second portions by disposing a portion of the filament into its own volume, the terminal end and the loop extending proximally from the soft tissue;
passing the terminal end of the second portion through the snare;
collapsing the snare to engage the soft tissue;
deconstructing the coaxial region by removing the portion of the filament from the volume of the filament in which it was disposed;
associating the surgical filament with an anchor disposed in the bone; and
advancing the collapsed snare distally to bring the tissue into proximity with the bone.