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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
May. 11, 2010
Kevin T. Stone, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Troy M. Walters, Plymouth, IN (US);
Brandon Miller, Rochester, IN (US);
Ryan A. Kaiser, Leesburg, IN (US);
Kevin T. Stone, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Troy M. Walters, Plymouth, IN (US);
Brandon Miller, Rochester, IN (US);
Ryan A. Kaiser, Leesburg, IN (US);
Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A method of preparing a suture in a suture anchor having a bone engaging section and a suture engaging section is provided. The suture is passed through a first suture passage section from a proximal end of the suture engaging section in a direction that diverges from a bone engaging axis and out of the suture engaging section through a first suture portal. The suture is passed from the first suture portal through the second suture portal. The suture is then passed from the second suture portal in a direction that converges toward the bone engaging axis through the third closed suture passage.