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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2018
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Marc Joseph Balboa, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Geoffrey Ian Karasic, Milton, MA (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure concerns a suture anchor including a distal body and a proximal body. The distal body defines a bounded transverse eyelet therethrough and the proximal body defines an unbounded transverse eyelet therethrough at a distal end thereof the unbounded transverse eyelet being unbounded distally. The proximal body is cannulated for receiving a proximal portion of the distal body through the cannula, whereby the eyelets are configured for alignment with one another to as to enable receiving a suture therethrough. Once the suture is received, the distal body and proximal body may be rotated relative to one another along a longitudinal axis of the suture anchor such that the eyelets are rotated out of phase with one another causing the suture to wrap around the proximal portion of the distal body and pinching the suture between an outer surface of the distal body and an inner surface of the proximal body. This has the advantage of causing the distal end of the proximal body to expand.