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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2006
Applicants:
George W. White, Corona, CA (US);
Francis Vijay, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
George W. White, Corona, CA (US);
Francis Vijay, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
ArthroCare Corporation, Austin, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01); D03J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A suture-loading system, method and apparatus for loading a suture onto a bone anchor, the system comprising: a bone anchor comprising a suture leg-anchoring structure and a plurality of body holes on the anchor; a suture comprising a standing end portion and a working end portion; a standing end trackway to guide the standing end portion of the suture through the suture leg-anchoring structure; and a working end trackway to guide the working end portion of the suture through the body holes in the anchor.