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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11357494 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2015

Expanding suture anchor having an actuator pin

Applicant:

Biomet Manufacturing, Llc, Warsaw, IN (US);

Inventors:

Gregory J. Denham, Warsaw, IN (US);

Kevin T. Stone, Winona Lake, IN (US);

Ryan A. Kaiser, Leesburg, IN (US);

Jason D. Meridew, Warsaw, IN (US);

Assignee:

Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);

Attorney:

Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Diane D Yabut

Assistant Examiner:

Christina C Lauer

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0408 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0422 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for reattaching soft tissue to a boney structure using an expanding suture anchor. The method can include providing a suture anchor and forming a cavity in the boney structure for receipt of the suture anchor. The method can also include coupling the soft tissue to a suture and coupling the suture to the suture anchor. The method can further include deploying the suture anchor to fix the suture to the suture anchor and the suture anchor to the cavity.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Denham, Gregory. (2022). Expanding suture anchor having an actuator pin (U.S. Patent No. 11357494). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11357494

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