US 12,471,906 B2
Soft anchor made from suture filament and suture tape
Giuseppe Lombardo, New Port Richey, FL (US); Andrew K. Kam, Odessa, FL (US); Peter C. Miller, Largo, FL (US); and Steven E. Fitts, Largo, FL (US)
Assigned to Linvatec Corporation, Largo, FL (US)
Filed by Linvatec Corporation, Largo, FL (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/168,908.
Application 16/894,140 is a division of application No. 15/407,653, filed on Jan. 17, 2017, granted, now 10,687,798, issued on Jun. 23, 2020.
Application 18/168,908 is a continuation of application No. 16/894,140, filed on Jun. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,576,665, issued on Feb. 14, 2023.
Application 15/407,653 is a continuation of application No. 13/466,060, filed on May 7, 2012, granted, now 9,826,971, issued on Nov. 28, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/518,519, filed on May 6, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2023/0190259 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/0403 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0406 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0445 (2013.01); A61F 2/0811 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0888 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of anchoring tissue to bone, comprising the steps of:
providing an anchor including:
a flat fibrous construct having a first end and a second end; and
a filament having a first end and a second end passing through the fibrous construct in two locations including a first passing location nearest a first end of the fibrous construct, a second passing location nearest a second end of the fibrous construct, the filament remaining free to slide through the first passing location and the second passing location such that the filament can be removed from the flat fibrous construct from the first end of the fibrous construct and the second end of the fibrous construct; and an installation device extending along a central longitudinal axis and including a distal end around which the filament is positioned from a first side of the distal end of the installation device to a second side of the distal end of the installation device, the flat fibrous construct also being positioned around the most distal end of the installation device device from the first side of the distal end of the installation to the second side of the distal end of the installation device and between the distal end of the installation device and the filament at a point on the longitudinal axis;
inserting the anchor into a hole in a bone; and
deploying the anchor into the hole.