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Method and apparatus for attaching soft tissue to bone

  • US 10,695,045 B2
  • Filed: 07/19/2017
  • Issued: 06/30/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A suture anchor assembly, comprising:

  • a deformable elongated tube that is deformable from a first shape to a second shape to form an anchoring mass, the deformable elongated tube providing a longitudinal passage that extends through the deformable elongated tube between a first end of the deformable elongated tube and a second end of the deformable elongated tube; and

    an adjustable suture construct that includes a suture with a first free end and a second free end, the first free end extending longitudinally through a first longitudinal passage in the suture to form a first adjustable loop,wherein the suture extends longitudinally through at least part of the longitudinal passage in the deformable elongated tube so that the deformable elongated tube is received on the adjustable suture construct, the suture extending into the longitudinal passage in the deformable elongated tube through a first opening in a side wall of the deformable elongated tube, the first opening in the side wall of the deformable elongated tube being spaced a distance from the first end of the deformable elongated tube so that a first tubular tail of the deformable elongated tube that is free of the suture extending therethrough is formed between the first opening in the side wall of the deformable elongated tube and the first end of the deformable elongated tube.

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