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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2016
The Foundry, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Michael Hendricksen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Mark Hirotsuka, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark Deem, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jeffry J. Grainger, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Darin Gittings, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
The Foundry, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Various devices, systems and methods for knotless suturing of tissue are disclosed. These devices allow sutures to be anchored to bone, and more specifically provide a suture anchor which eliminates the need for knotting the suture. Thus, damaged tissue may be re-attached to a substrate tissue. The anchors have a minimum of moving parts may be suited to being a single molded polymer construction. The anchors will find particular utility in hip and shoulder arthroscopy, e.g. labral re-attachment and similar procedures.