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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2020
Applicant:
Tigon Medical, Millersville, MD (US);
Inventors:
Jeremy Clark, Millersville, MD (US);
Umasuthan Srikumaran, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Matthew Thompson, Washington, DC (US);
Assignee:
Tigon Medical, Millersville, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61F 2/0811 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00473 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0403 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0412 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0446 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0453 (2013.01); A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0081 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0858 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0888 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0067 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are devices, methods and/or systems for securing tissue to bone, including a suture anchor implant having a body through which a suture eyelet extends transversely, and one or more suture pinch slits extending proximally from the suture eyelet, the suture pinch slit(s) angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the anchor.