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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.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2022
Applicant:
Lee D. Kaplan, Madison, WI (US);
Inventor:
Lee D. Kaplan, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0446 (2013.01); A61B 2017/045 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0453 (2013.01); A61B 17/0487 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01); Y10T 24/3967 (2015.01);
Abstract
A surgical instrument having an anchor and a plug is capable of anchoring a suture. The suture anchor has an anchor body having a top surface, a bottom surface distal to the top surface, a transverse bore and a well, the well having an outer surface, an inner surface, and an inner bottom surface. The plug has a post, a head, and a bottom face. The anchor body and the anchor plus form a suture anchor. The suture anchor may be used during surgical procedures and can be used in the re-tensioning of a suture.