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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
May. 18, 2007
Stephen S. Burkhart, San Antonio, TX (US);
R. Donald Grafton, Naples, FL (US);
Peter J. Dreyfuss, Naples, FL (US);
Stephen S. Burkhart, San Antonio, TX (US);
R. Donald Grafton, Naples, FL (US);
Peter J. Dreyfuss, Naples, FL (US);
Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US);
Abstract
A method and device for knotless fixation of tissue. A swivel anchor having a rotatable forked anchor tip is used to capture suture, such as a suture chain, for surgical tissue repair without requiring suture knots. Tension on the repair constructs is adjustable through the selection of the specific chain link or links of the suture chain captured by the forked anchor tip of the swivel anchor. The swivel anchor is secured in a hole in bone by advancing a fixation device, such as a cannulated interference screw, over the body of the anchor.