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Method of anchoring a suture

  • US 10,136,883 B2
  • Filed: 11/12/2012
  • Issued: 11/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of repairing soft tissue adjacent a shoulder joint comprising:

  • producing a bone tunnel into a bone, the bone tunnel having at least first and second openings at an exterior surface of the bone;

    securing a first suture portion and a second suture portion to soft tissue;

    positioning the first suture portion so that the first suture portion extends from the soft tissue to the first opening, then through the first opening, and then through the bone tunnel;

    positioning the second suture portion so that the second suture portion extends, outside of the bone tunnel, from the soft tissue;

    passing the first suture portion through a first transverse anchor passage in an anchor, the anchor comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the first transverse anchor passage extending transversely into the anchor at the distal end and a second transverse anchor passage extending transversely into the anchor at the proximal end;

    passing the second suture portion through the second transverse anchor passage in the anchor;

    inserting the anchor into the bone tunnel through the second opening; and

    advancing a locking member in sliding translation along a path inside the anchor to compress the first and second suture portions between the locking member and the anchor to secure the first and second suture portions relative to the bone tunnel and the anchor, the first and second suture portions being positioned within the bone tunnel when the first and second suture portions are secured with the locking member, such that the first transverse anchor passage through the distal end substantially aligns with the first opening of the bone tunnel when the first suture portion is secured.

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