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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2007
M. Todd Miller, San Jose, CA (US);
Ahmad Fouad Bayomy, Moscow, ID (US);
Margaret M. Sinnott, Logan, UT (US);
Daniel F. Justin, Logan, UT (US);
Chad W. Lewis, Layton, UT (US);
M. Todd Miller, San Jose, CA (US);
Ahmad Fouad Bayomy, Moscow, ID (US);
Margaret M. Sinnott, Logan, UT (US);
Daniel F. Justin, Logan, UT (US);
Chad W. Lewis, Layton, UT (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A suture anchor and inserter arrangement, including a suture anchor for implanting in hard tissue, such as bone, and an inserter device for installing the suture anchor in hard tissue. The suture anchor carries thereon a suture-engaging structure formed from suture, which structure cooperates with working suture associated with the inserter device so as to attach the working suture to the suture anchor.