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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2021
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics Ag, Zug, CH;
Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Singapore, SG;
Mark Edwin Housman, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Jon-Paul Rogers, North Smithfield, RI (US);
Jason Hamilton, Dartmouth, MA (US);
Benjamin M. Hall, Roslindale, MA (US);
Nehal N. Patel, Boston, MA (US);
Rebecca A. Blough, West Warwick, RI (US);
Kyle Turner, Mansfield, MA (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Zug, CH;
Smith Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Anchor delivery systems include markings on the surfaces of the delivery device which are visually exposed to the user through openings or fenestrations in the anchor, providing visual feedback to the user on the progress of the anchor's insertion. A suture-locking plug is deformable within the anchor tip, thereby enhancing suture entrapment within the tip of the anchor. A compliant component of the handle places the handle components in tension, thereby absorbing built-in axial looseness in the handle. The handle further includes a spin cavity which allows for free spin of the inserter shaft to finalize insertion of the anchor into bone when the anchor has not been fully seated flush with or below the cortical bone surface.