US 12,075,998 B2
Tissue repair device
Bernard J. Bourque, Taunton, MA (US); William R. Davis, Hingham, MA (US); and Scott Freedman, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/483,887.
Application 17/483,887 is a continuation of application No. 16/506,181, filed on Jul. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,179,148.
Application 16/506,181 is a continuation of application No. 15/391,287, filed on Dec. 27, 2016, granted, now 10,390,815, issued on Aug. 27, 2019.
Application 15/391,287 is a continuation of application No. 14/242,171, filed on Apr. 1, 2014, granted, now 9,549,725, issued on Jan. 24, 2017.
Application 14/242,171 is a continuation of application No. 12/623,930, filed on Nov. 23, 2009, granted, now 8,888,798, issued on Nov. 18, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/255,995, filed on Oct. 29, 2009.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/166,907, filed on Apr. 6, 2009.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/117,987, filed on Nov. 26, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2022/0008062 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/0482 (2013.01); A61B 17/0483 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0419 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0475 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06052 (2013.01); A61B 17/2909 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A deployment assembly for a tissue repair device, the tissue repair device comprising a needle coupled to a handle, the deployment assembly comprising:
a knob defining a cannulation, the knob configured to be coupled to a distal end of the handle;
a tube disposed inside the cannulation of the knob, a distal portion of the tube including first and second slots;
a pusher assembly at least partially disposed within the tube, the pusher assembly comprising an actuator shaft coupled to a proximal end of an actuator, the actuator shaft operatively coupled to the knob; and
a rotatable disk disposed about the actuator shaft, an outer surface of the rotatable disk comprising a plurality of protrusions configured to slide within the first and second slots of the tube;
wherein distal movement of the knob relative to the tube allows for engagement of the actuator with an anchor disposed in the needle to deploy the anchor from the needle.