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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2016
Depuy Mitek, Llc, Raynham, MA (US);
Erik Sebastian Sojka, Dighton, MA (US);
Arthur G. Stephen, Raynham, MA (US);
Andre Francisco-Guilherme, Quincy, MA (US);
Mark W. Wolfson, Wellesley, MA (US);
Brian Henri Otrando, Cumberland, RI (US);
Daniel Paul Gamache, Fall River, MA (US);
Justin M. Piccirillo, Uxbridge, MA (US);
DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
A suture anchor comprises a tubular body having an axial bore therethrough and having one or more purchase enhancements on an exterior surface of the body adapted to enhance purchase of the body within a bone hole, such as threads. A lateral port passes through the body from the bore to the exterior surface. A length of suture for attaching soft tissue to bone passes down along the exterior surface over the one or more purchase enhancements, over a distal end of the body, up into the bore through and then back out of the bore and up along the exterior surface over the one or more purchase enhancements.