US 12,403,000 B2
Ligament fixation device and method
Timothy R. Hoover, Naples, FL (US); Kenneth T. Helenbolt, Naples, FL (US); Peter S. Borden, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US); and Yasuyuki Ishibashi, Aomori-kan (JP)
Assigned to ARTHREX, INC., Naples, FL (US)
Filed by ARTHREX, INC., Naples, FL (US)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/867,850.
Application 15/835,542 is a division of application No. 14/610,395, filed on Jan. 30, 2015, granted, now 9,855,132, issued on Jan. 2, 2018.
Application 17/867,850 is a continuation of application No. 16/697,679, filed on Nov. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,406,488.
Application 16/697,679 is a continuation of application No. 15/835,542, filed on Dec. 8, 2017, granted, now 10,492,901, issued on Dec. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0346939 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/0811 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0404 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0453 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0829 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0835 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0841 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0852 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0864 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0882 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-part anchor system, comprising:
an outer piece;
a sleeve received within the outer piece; and
a tapered part received within the sleeve,
wherein the sleeve and the tapered part cooperate to hold a flexible strand for securing the flexible strand relative to a bone,
wherein each of the outer piece, the sleeve, and the tapered part includes a collar portion and a cylindrical portion that extends from the collar portion,
wherein the collar portion of the outer piece includes at least one tensioning spot, groove, or slit.