Knotless soft tissue attachment
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1. A method of attaching a soft tissue to bone, the method comprising:
- forming a bone tunnel through the bone, the bone tunnel having at least first and second spaced apart openings at a surface of the bone;
inserting a knotless suture anchor into a portion of the bone tunnel such that the knotless suture anchor is fully contained within the bone tunnel, the knotless suture anchor having a proximal end, a distal end and a longitudinal axis extending from the proximal end to the distal end;
engaging the knotless suture anchor with a suture having a first end and a second end and a mid-portion in between the first and second ends, to form a suture construct securing the soft tissue to the bone wherein the suture construct extends from the knotless suture anchor to the soft tissue and from the soft tissue to the knotless suture anchor, the suture construct passing only once through each of the first opening and the second opening; and
moving a locking mechanism within the knotless suture anchor to lock the first end and the second end to the knotless suture anchor, and wherein the suture is not routed through the locking member.
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Abstract
Devices and methods to attach soft tissue to bone include, for example, forming a transosseous bone tunnel, and forming a suture construct securing soft tissue to the bone wherein the suture construct extends from the soft tissue to the first opening, through the first opening, through the bone tunnel, through the second opening, and outside of the bone tunnel to the soft tissue.
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1. A method of attaching a soft tissue to bone, the method comprising:
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forming a bone tunnel through the bone, the bone tunnel having at least first and second spaced apart openings at a surface of the bone; inserting a knotless suture anchor into a portion of the bone tunnel such that the knotless suture anchor is fully contained within the bone tunnel, the knotless suture anchor having a proximal end, a distal end and a longitudinal axis extending from the proximal end to the distal end; engaging the knotless suture anchor with a suture having a first end and a second end and a mid-portion in between the first and second ends, to form a suture construct securing the soft tissue to the bone wherein the suture construct extends from the knotless suture anchor to the soft tissue and from the soft tissue to the knotless suture anchor, the suture construct passing only once through each of the first opening and the second opening; and moving a locking mechanism within the knotless suture anchor to lock the first end and the second end to the knotless suture anchor, and wherein the suture is not routed through the locking member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of making a transosseous repair of a rotator cuff adjacent a shoulder joint, the method comprising:
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forming a bone tunnel through a humeral bone, the bone tunnel having at least first and second spaced apart openings at a surface of the humeral bone; forming a suture construct securing a portion of the rotator cuff to the humeral bone, without tying any knots, wherein; the suture construct comprises a knotless suture anchor residing entirely within the bone tunnel, the knotless suture anchor having a one-piece anchor body; the suture construct extends from the knotless suture anchor to the rotator cuff and from the rotator cuff to the knotless suture anchor, the suture construct passing only once through each of the first opening and the second opening; and forming the suture construct further comprises moving a locking mechanism in the knotless suture anchor to secure the suture such that when the suture is secured, the suture has not been passed through the locking mechanism.
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19. A method of attaching a soft tissue to a bone, the method comprising:
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forming a bone tunnel through the bone, the bone tunnel having at least first and second spaced apart openings at a surface of the bone; engaging a knotless suture anchor with a suture to form a suture construct securing the soft tissue to the bone by passing the suture through at least one pair of apertures on a longitudinal side of the anchor, the suture construct extending from the knotless suture anchor to the soft tissue and from the soft tissue to the knotless suture anchor, the suture construct passing only once through each of the first opening and the second opening; and with the suture anchor residing entirely within the bone tunnel, longitudinally translating a locking member within the knotless suture anchor, to lock the suture relative to the knotless suture anchor, and wherein the suture is not routed through the locking member. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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