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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2016
Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
George Matthew Awtrey, Bartlett, TN (US);
Jon Pope Moseley, Arlington, TN (US);
Samuel W. Apicelli, Bryn Mawr, PA (US);
WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
A bone anchor includes a flexible strand defining a first adjustable loop and a friction knot coupled to a proximal end of the first adjustable loop. The friction knot is configured to allow adjustment of the first adjustable loop in a first configuration and is configured to prevent adjustment of the first adjustable loop in a second configuration. A knot capsule includes a body defining an internal knot cavity. The friction knot and a portion of the first adjustable loop are positioned within the internal knot cavity. The internal knot cavity defines one or more impingement surfaces configured to maintain the friction knot in a fixed position within the internal knot cavity when the friction knot is in the second configuration.