US 12,453,546 B2
Knotless soft anchor system
Mark E. Housman, North Attleboro, MA (US); Marc J. Balboa, Hopkinton, MA (US); Benjamin M. Hall, Roslindale, MA (US); Jay A. Shah, Brighton, MA (US); Jon-Paul Rogers, North Smithfield, RI (US); and Nehal N. Patel, Boston, MA (US)
Assigned to Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US); Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Zug (CH); and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Singapore (SG)
Appl. No. 18/705,028
Filed by Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US); Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Zug (CH); and Smith & Nephew Asia PAcific Pte. Limited, Singapore (SG)
PCT Filed Nov. 2, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/048644
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 26, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/081171, PCT Pub. Date May 11, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/357,181, filed on Jun. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/342,843, filed on May 17, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/317,673, filed on Mar. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/317,671, filed on Mar. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/275,491, filed on Nov. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0415505 A1, Dec. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/042 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A knotless tissue repair construct comprising:
an anchor body formed of a soft material, the anchor body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis;
a repair suture having a first end, a second end and a cannulated length, the first end fixedly coupled to the anchor body, the cannulated length interwoven along and through a first sidewall of the anchor body and the second end extending proximally from the anchor body proximal end; and
a deploying suture interwoven repeatedly through and along the anchor body and also within the cannulated length of the repair suture that is interwoven along and through the first sidewall of the anchor body;
wherein tension on the deploying suture is configured to change the anchor body to a deployed configuration; and
wherein while in the deployed configuration the deploying suture is configured to operatively couple to the repair suture second end and draw the repair suture second end back through the anchor body and through the cannulated length, forming a repair loop, and wherein tension on the repair suture second end is configured to knotlessly lock the repair loop.