US 12,453,545 B2
Tensionable and lockable soft suture anchors and anchor arrays for anatomical attachment of soft tissue to bone
Zak Zenz-Olson, Ham Lake, MN (US); Nathaniel Van Tran, Lakeville, MN (US); Thomas A. Westling, Orono, MN (US); Howard W. Harris, Southlake, TX (US); David M. Crompton, St. Paul, MN (US); and Patrick M. Connor, Charlotte, NC (US)
Assigned to Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc., Maple Plain, MN (US)
Filed by Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc., Orono, MN (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/679,934.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/281,411, filed on Nov. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/231,143, filed on Aug. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/172,565, filed on Apr. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0378409 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A soft suture anchor system that can be tensioned and locked comprising:
a single length of working suture with two tails extending therefrom;
a first soft anchor body and a second soft anchor body each implantable in a separate bone hole and each having the working suture slidably disposed therethrough, wherein upon tensioning both working suture tails while implanted, each soft anchor body expands within its bone hole while the working suture remains slidably disposed in each expanded anchor body; and
a first locking loop associated with the first soft anchor body and a second locking loop associated with the second soft anchor body, each locking loop encircling a portion of the working suture, each locking loop having a first position allowing the working suture to slide through the locking loop and a second position engaging the working suture to frictionally prevent sliding of the working suture within the locking loop and its associated soft anchor body, wherein each locking loop is a separate piece from the length of working suture.