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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Bonutti Skeletal Innovations Llc, Plano, TX (US);
Inventor:
Peter M. Bonutti, Effingham, IL (US);
Assignee:
Bonutti Skeletal Innovations LLC, Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0403 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0427 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/047 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0412 (2013.01);
Abstract
An anchor, formed of at least two different materials, for securing a suture relative to bone. The anchor includes a generally cylindrical body portion having a leading end configured to facilitate insertion of the body portion into the bone; a passage which is oriented transverse to the longitudinal axis of the body portion and proximate the leading end of the body portion; and bone engaging projections to secure the anchor in the bone.