Suture anchor and method
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1. A method of repairing soft tissue comprising:
- forming a bone tunnel through a bone adjacent to the soft tissue to be repaired, the bone tunnel having at least first and second spaced apart openings at a surface of the bone;
positioning a suture and an anchor proximate the bone tunnel, the anchor having a one-piece implant body, a first portion of the suture being attached to and/or routed through the one-piece implant body and a second portion of the suture being free;
placing the second portion of the suture through the bone tunnel and the soft tissue;
passing the second portion of the suture through a transverse aperture in the one-piece implant body, the transverse aperture extending to an outer surface of the one-piece implant body; and
connecting the second portion of the suture to the anchor;
wherein the one-piece implant body further comprises an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end, the first portion of the suture being attached to the distal end of the elongated body; and
wherein a longitudinal passage extends into the elongated body.
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Abstract
Suture anchors and associated methods are disclosed having suture securing features able to lock suture ends extending from a body tissue, such as from a bone tunnel.
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1. A method of repairing soft tissue comprising:
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forming a bone tunnel through a bone adjacent to the soft tissue to be repaired, the bone tunnel having at least first and second spaced apart openings at a surface of the bone; positioning a suture and an anchor proximate the bone tunnel, the anchor having a one-piece implant body, a first portion of the suture being attached to and/or routed through the one-piece implant body and a second portion of the suture being free; placing the second portion of the suture through the bone tunnel and the soft tissue; passing the second portion of the suture through a transverse aperture in the one-piece implant body, the transverse aperture extending to an outer surface of the one-piece implant body; and connecting the second portion of the suture to the anchor;
wherein the one-piece implant body further comprises an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end, the first portion of the suture being attached to the distal end of the elongated body; and
wherein a longitudinal passage extends into the elongated body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of repairing soft tissue adjacent a shoulder joint comprising a proximal humeral bone and a rotator cuff, the method comprising:
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forming a bone tunnel through the proximal humeral bone adjacent to the rotator cuff, the bone tunnel having at least first and second spaced apart openings at a surface of the bone; providing a suture and an anchor with a one-piece implant body, a first portion of the suture being attached to and/or routed through the one-piece implant body and a second portion of the suture being free; placing the second portion of the suture through the bone tunnel and the soft tissue; passing the second portion of the suture through a transverse aperture in the one-piece implant body and directly from the transverse aperture to a location outside the one-piece implant body; and placing the implant body into one of the bone tunnel openings;
wherein the one-piece implant body further comprises an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end, the first portion of the suture being attached to the distal end of the elongated body; and
wherein a longitudinal passage extends into the elongated body. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A method of repairing soft tissue comprising:
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forming a bone tunnel through a bone adjacent to the soft tissue to be repaired, the bone tunnel having at least first and second spaced apart openings at a surface of the bone; positioning a suture and an anchor proximate the bone tunnel, the anchor having a one-piece implant body, a first portion of the suture being attached to and/or routed through the implant body at a location offset from a longitudinal axis of the anchor and extending initially from the location generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, and a second portion of the suture being free; placing the second portion of the suture through the bone tunnel and the soft tissue; placing the anchor into one of the bone tunnel openings; engaging the second portion of the suture with the one-piece implant body in such a manner that the second portion is oriented generally perpendicular to the first portion of the suture; and after engaging the second portion of the suture with the one-piece implant body, securing the second portion to the one-piece implant body to prevent disengagement of the second portion from the one-piece implant body. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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