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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
May. 27, 2022
Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc., Orono, MN (US);
Howard W. Harris, Southlake, TX (US);
Zak Zenz-Olson, Ham Lake, MN (US);
Thomas A. Westling, Orono, MN (US);
David M. Crompton, St. Paul, MN (US);
Marc Labbé, Spring, TX (US);
Patrick M. Connor, Charlotte, NC (US);
Nathaniel Van Tran, Lakeville, MN (US);
Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc., Maple Plain, MN (US);
Abstract
A system of toggle type suture anchors is disclosed. The plurality of suture anchors is connected in series by a single working suture and each of the suture anchors allows tensioning of the working suture between itself and the prior anchor implanted in the serial string. Further, each anchor includes a loop type locking mechanism to lock the working suture in place subsequent to tensioning. This creates an independently tensioned suture stitch between each implanted suture anchor and the just previously implanted anchor. In total the system as implanted creates a continuous array of single anchor to anchor stitches which can be placed close together in high density to form a line or region of stitches for a more robust securement of soft tissue to bone.