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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2015
Applicant:
Karl Storz Gmbh & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventors:
Rickey Hart, Marco Island, FL (US);
Patrick Hunt, Weisendorf, DE;
Assignee:
KARL STORZ & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 2017/044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0408 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0424 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0425 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0448 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0453 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01); A61B 2090/031 (2016.02); A61B 2090/037 (2016.02); A61F 2/0811 (2013.01);
Abstract
A suture anchor including a sleeve with an optional solid tip and a threaded, hollow interior portion. A transverse hole passes through a distal end of the sleeve. An inner screw with a flat distal end and threads disposed on an outer surface and a driver head extension monolithically connected with a proximal end of the inner screw are also provided.