	US 12,076,000 B2
	System and method for securing tissue to bone
Malcolm Heaven, Dana Point, CA (US); Michael Ko, Mission Viejo, CA (US); John P. Greelis, Carlsbad, CA (US); and Mikxay Sirivong, Escondido, CA (US)
Assigned to Conmed Corporation, Largo, FL (US)
Filed by Conmed Corporation, Largo, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/893,239.
Application 17/893,239 is a division of application No. 15/794,714, filed on Oct. 26, 2017, granted, now 11,419,597, issued on Aug. 23, 2022.
Application 15/794,714 is a division of application No. 12/903,187, filed on Oct. 12, 2010, granted, now 9,826,970, issued on Nov. 28, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/370,791, filed on Aug. 4, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/251,220, filed on Oct. 13, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2022/0395268 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01)

CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0412 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0424 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0432 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0438 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0456 (2013.01); A61B 17/0483 (2013.01); A61B 17/0485 (2013.01); A61F 2/0811 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0835 (2013.01)]

8 Claims

1. A tissue capture anchor for attaching tissue to bone, the anchor comprising: an anchor body comprising:

a proximal end and at least two expandable tines distally extending from the proximal end; and

a spreader configured to engage with the anchor body, the spreader comprising:

a distal end comprising a suture loop;

a central hole adapted to receive a proximal end of anchor body; an angled portion, interior to the spreader, configured to force the expandable tines outward as the spreader is moved relative to the anchor body, wherein the suture loop is configured to receive tissue, and wherein an inside surface of the central hole in the anchor body comprises a groove and an outside surface of the spreader comprises a ridge adapted to fixedly snap within the anchor body's groove.