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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2012
Steven Wolf, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Emil Karapetian, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
George W. White, Corona, CA (US);
David Gregoire, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Steven Wolf, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Emil Karapetian, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
George W. White, Corona, CA (US);
David Gregoire, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
ArthroCare Corporation, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A suture anchor device and method for attaching soft tissue to bone includes an anchor body and a suture locking wedge movably disposed within the anchor body. Tension applied to one side of a suture causes the suture locking wedge to move in a translational and angular dimension to a position which compresses the suture, thereby locking the suture in the anchor. The anchor body includes tracks or slots which guide the suture locking wedge from the unlocked open configuration to the locked configuration.