US 11,839,368 B2
Methods of tissue repair
Donald A. Williams, Lubbock, TX (US); and George J. Sikora, Bridgewater, MA (US)
Assigned to West Gen Technologies, L.L.C., Plainview, TX (US)
Filed by WEST GEN TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C., Lubbock, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/543,928.
Application 17/543,928 is a continuation of application No. 16/566,274, filed on Sep. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,219,445.
Application 16/566,274 is a continuation of application No. 16/430,182, filed on Jun. 3, 2019, granted, now 10,478,172, issued on Nov. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/680,227, filed on Jun. 4, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0087673 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0482 (2013.01); A61B 17/17 (2013.01); A61B 17/1714 (2013.01); A61B 17/1796 (2013.01); A61B 17/8875 (2013.01); A61B 17/8883 (2013.01); A61F 2/0805 (2013.01); A61F 2/0811 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00986 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00991 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0412 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0427 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0446 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0852 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0888 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0894 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
placing a distal end of a guide tool proximate to a bone at a first location;
telescoping a first tack wire through a guide tube of the guide tool;
drilling a distal end of the first tack wire into the bone;
bending a proximal end of the first tack wire into a slot within a handle of the guide tool;
driving a first bone anchor through a delivery tube of the guide tool and into the bone at the first location, the first bone anchor coupled to a first suture line; and then
placing a second bone anchor at a second location displaced from the first location, the second bone anchor associated with the first suture line; and
tightening the first suture line to create a first suture.