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Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019

Filed:

May. 18, 2018
Applicant:

Stabilynx, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher Feezor, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Michael Rosenthal, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Joseph P. Donahue, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Assignee:

Stabilynx, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61B 2017/044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0448 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01);
Abstract

A suture anchoring device for fixing a soft tissue to a bone tissue is disclosed that enables the exchange of sutures between anchors after implantation. The suture anchoring device may include a body that is inserted into the bone tissue, a suture exchange fitting situation within a passage formed within the body, and one or more pre-loaded sutures looped through the suture exchange fitting and projecting proximally from a proximal opening formed in the body. Surgical kits and surgical methods for performing various repair procedures using one or more suture anchoring device are also disclosed.


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