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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2018
Arthrocare Corporation, Austin, TX (US);
Seth A. Foerster, San Clemente, CA (US);
ArthroCare Corporation, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure includes a soft material anchoring system including an elongate, tubular braided soft anchoring implant. The implant has a first elongate state where the implant may easily slide within a bone tunnel, and a second axially compressed state where the implant is wedged within the bone tunnel. The implant also includes at least one suture pathway that extends along and through an implant side wall; this pathway receives at least a portion of a length of suture that is also attached to soft tissue. This length of suture may slide along the suture pathway and transition the implant from the first elongate state to the second compressed state. The system also includes a binding element that at least partially extends within the implant, the binding element having both a first larger binding portion and a second smaller sliding portion.