US 12,440,201 B2
Anchoring apparatus
Mark A. Dodson, Ridgeland, MS (US)
Filed by Mark A. Dodson, Ridgeland, MS (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/851,823.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/216,581, filed on Jun. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0000535 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/82 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 17/80 (2013.01); A61B 17/82 (2013.01); A61B 17/8605 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 2017/8655 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An anchoring apparatus comprising
a primary anchor which defines i) a primary bore extending along an imaginary longitudinal axis of the primary anchor, ii) a tail section defining a tail section opening of the primary bore, and iii) a head section defining a head section opening of the primary bore and defining a pair of substantially parallel bores extending through the head section of the primary anchor, each parallel bore
(a) extending along an imaginary bore axis which is disposed at an angle relative to the imaginary longitudinal axis of the primary anchor,
(b) being in communication with at least a portion of the primary bore, and
(c) being sized and configured to receive a portion of a cable therein and therethrough,
wherein the primary anchor has one or more of the following features:
(i) the head section forms a threaded section on an interior surface portion of a sidewall of the primary bore,
(ii) the tail section forms a threaded section on an interior surface portion of the sidewall of the primary bore and/or on an exterior surface of the primary anchor, and
(iii) wherein the primary anchor forms a threaded exterior; and
a secondary anchor sized and configured to mate with the head section of the primary anchor at the head section opening of the primary bore, the secondary anchor comprising a mating end section sized and configured to extend into a portion of each of the pair of substantially parallel bores when the mating end section is received by the primary anchor at the head section opening of the primary bore.