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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2021
Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc., Orono, MN (US);
Zak Zenz-Olson, Ham Lake, MN (US);
Nathaniel Van Tran, Lakeville, MN (US);
Thomas A. Westling, Orono, MN (US);
Marc Labbé, Spring, TX (US);
Howard W. Harris, Southlake, TX (US);
David M. Crompton, St. Paul, MN (US);
Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc., Orono, MN (US);
Abstract
Cartridges configured to hold anchors and associated locking sutures and a common suture used in an array of anchors. A suture anchor array is connected in series by a single working suture and each of the suture anchors allows tensioning of the working suture between itself and the prior anchor implanted in the serial string. Further, each anchor includes a suture lock having a free tail that can be pulled to lock the working suture in place subsequent to tensioning. This creates an independently tensioned suture bridge between each implanted suture anchor and the just previously implanted anchor. The cartridges are configured to securely hold an individual anchor and store the tail of the suture lock, while allowing flossing of anchors along the common suture.