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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2021
Acumed Llc, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Joshua P. Federspiel, Portland, OR (US);
Ann Nicole Santich, Portland, OR (US);
David William Vanvleet, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Gretchen Hinton, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Tristan Sommers, Beaverton, OR (US);
Acumed LLC, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Abstract
A button inserter and system are disclosed that enable easily and effectively deploying a near bone suture button from the button inserter when implementing the suture button technique. To deploy the near bone button, with a far bone button deployed from the button inserter and against the far bone, the button inserter's handle may be translated away from the deployed far bone button. Translating the handle changes a position of a carriage body within a channel of the handle thereby compressing a spring. Protrusions on the carriage body may be forced through notches in the handle, which thereby alters an orientation of the carriage and releases the compressed spring, which applies force to the carriage body. The combination of force induces the carriage to rotate, which thereby releases the near bone button from the carriage. A free end of suture also releases from the carriage.