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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024

Filed:

Oct. 02, 2023
Applicant:

Biomet Manufacturing, Llc, Warsaw, IN (US);

Inventors:

Nathan A. Winslow, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Hoang Nguyen, Litchfield Park, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/0485 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0427 (2013.01); A61B 2017/044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0446 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0451 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0459 (2013.01); A61B 17/16 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0888 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosure herein are knotless suture anchor constructs and methods of use thereof. The suture anchor constructs can include a bone anchor and a suture. The bone anchor can include a suture anchoring member and can define a cavity and a longitudinal passage extending from a trailing end of the bone anchor at least partially therethrough to the cavity. The suture anchoring member can be located in the cavity. The suture can be coupled to the suture anchoring member and can include a tensioning portion, a repair portion, and an intermediate portion. The intermediate portion can form a suture loop extending along the longitudinal passage.


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