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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
May. 21, 2015
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Charles Cole Nofsinger, Land O'Lakes, FL (US);
Summer Joy Decker, Apollo Beach, FL (US);
Jonathan Michael Ford, Apollo Beach, FL (US);
William E. Lee, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Charli H. Regel, Pinellas Park, FL (US);
Mahmoud Y. Dweik, Tampa, FL (US);
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a reversible anchoring device includes a base having a threaded shaft and an internal passage that extends through the base along a longitudinal direction of the base and a cap having a top surface, a bottom surface, a threaded circular opening formed in the bottom surface adapted to thread onto the threaded shaft of the base, and a suture opening that extends from the top surface of the cap to the threaded circular opening through which a suture can pass.