US 7,585,311 B2
System and method for attaching soft tissue to boneGeneral
US 7,585,311 B2
System and method for attaching soft tissue to bone
Tech Center:
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Medical Devices/Processes
Examiner:
(Jackie) Tan-Uyen T. Ho
Art Unit:
3773 Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies
Inventors:
Michael L. Green; Joseph C. Tauro; Bart Bojanowski
Assignee:
Priority:
06/02/04
Filed:
06/01/05
Granted:
09/08/09
Expiration:
07/03/27
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods and devices for securing soft tissue to a rigid material such as bone. A bone anchor is described that comprises a base and a top such that suture material may be compressed between surfaces on the base and top to secure the suture to the anchor. Also described is an inserter that can be used to insert the bone anchor into bone and move the anchor top relative to the anchor base to clamp suture material there between. Also described is a soft-tissue and bone piercing anchor and associated inserter. Methods are described that allow use of the bone anchors to provide multiple lengths of suture material to compress a large area of soft tissue against bone.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
A61A61B2017/00986A61F2002/0817A61B