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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2005
Applicants:
Dennis Mcdevitt, Upton, MA (US);
Jeffrey Halbrecht, San Francisco, CA (US);
Richard Caspari, Maidens, VA (US);
Inventors:
Dennis McDevitt, Upton, MA (US);
Jeffrey Halbrecht, San Francisco, CA (US);
Richard Caspari, Maidens, VA (US);
Assignee:
DEPUY MITEK, LLC, Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61F 2/0811 (2013.01); A61B 90/03 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00862 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0403 (2013.01); A61B 2017/044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/045 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0408 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0412 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0424 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0427 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0438 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0459 (2013.01); A61B 2090/037 (2016.02); A61F 2002/0882 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for attaching tissue, for example to bone. For example, devices are provided for anchoring filament to tissue or bone. Suture anchors are provided, and multi-component suture anchors are provided with sutures and components that fit together through an interference fit.