Ethicon, Gmbh

Sung S Yi

Dennis D Jamiolkowski

Brian H Luscombe

Jack S Pedlick

Thu Anh Le

Mark G Steckel

Steven F Harwin

John Di Giovanni

Keith A Seritella

William Zwaskis

Holder

A suture anchor device having an anchor member with outwardly extending wing members and an actuating wedge member. The suture anchor device is inserted into a bore hole in a bone as part of an orthopedic surgical procedure wherein soft tissue such as a tendon or ligament is attached to the surface of the bone. The wing members are spread outwardly by the wedge member to lock the suture anchor device in the bone. The suture anchor has similar utility in soft tissue applications.

Umbrella-shaped suture anchor device with actuating ring member

A sterile one-piece suture clip having a first clamping member having a distal end, a first proximal end and a first clamping surface, a second clamping member having a second proximal end, a second clamping surface, and a locking surface and being pivotally connected at said second proximal end by a hinge to said first proximal end of the first clamping member, a plurality of leg members each having an inner surface, a side surface and an end, said legs being disposed in sets comprising U-shaped members in combination with the first clamping surface, the inner surface of each leg in the set facing the opposite leg thereof, said inner surface being beveled from the end of the leg toward the first clamping surface to form ears, said U-shaped members being attached to the first clamping member, said side surface of said legs being beveled from the end of the leg toward the first clamping member thereby forming a channel said first clamping member being adapted to be placed on a suture to be clipped, said channel being adapted to orient a suture transversely across said first clamping surface and said second clamping member being sized and configured to pivot about said hinge, extend between and fit within each of said U-shaped members, be held in place by said ears engaging said locking surface thereby engaging a suture between said first and second clamping surfaces.

Biocompatible suture knot clip

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Princeton, NJ, United States of America

Sung S Yi