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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2019
The Foundry, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Darin C. Gittings, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mark Deem, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hanson S. Gifford, Woodside, CA (US);
Doug Sutton, Pacifica, CA (US);
Vivek Shenoy, Redwood City, CA (US);
THE FOUNDRY, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for impacting a suture anchor into bone comprises providing an implantable suture anchor and providing an impactor device for impacting the suture anchor into the bone. The suture anchor is coupled to a distal portion of the impactor device. Positioning the suture anchor engages the anchor with the bone at an implantation site, and powering the impactor device impacts the suture anchor thereby implanting the suture anchor into the bone. The frequency of impaction is less than 20 KHz. The impactor device is then decoupled from the suture anchor, and the impactor device may be removed from the implantation site.