Methods for attaching tissue to bone
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1. A method for attaching soft tissue to bone, comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of bone anchors, each having a suture-receiving member formed therein or thereon;
attaching a length of suture to the suture-receiving member formed on each of the plurality of bone anchors;
deploying a first one of the plurality of bone anchors into bone to cause the bone anchor to engage the suture and be embedded in the bone with a terminal length of suture extending out of the bone and being attached to the remaining plurality of bone anchors;
deploying a second one of the plurality of bone anchors into bone, at a location adjacent the position of the first bone anchor, to cause the bone anchor to engage the suture and be embedded in the bone with the terminal length of suture extending out of the bone and being attached to the remaining plurality of bone anchors; and
repeating the step of deploying as necessary.
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Abstract
A method is provided for attaching tissue to bone. In general, the method includes the steps of providing a plurality of bone anchors, each having at least one channel formed therein for receiving suture, and threading a length of suture through at least one channel in at least one of the plurality of bone anchors. Each bone anchor can then be sequentially deployed through tissue and into bone as the free or terminal ends of the suture are preferably tensioned.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for attaching soft tissue to bone, comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of bone anchors, each having a suture-receiving member formed therein or thereon;
attaching a length of suture to the suture-receiving member formed on each of the plurality of bone anchors;
deploying a first one of the plurality of bone anchors into bone to cause the bone anchor to engage the suture and be embedded in the bone with a terminal length of suture extending out of the bone and being attached to the remaining plurality of bone anchors;
deploying a second one of the plurality of bone anchors into bone, at a location adjacent the position of the first bone anchor, to cause the bone anchor to engage the suture and be embedded in the bone with the terminal length of suture extending out of the bone and being attached to the remaining plurality of bone anchors; and
repeating the step of deploying as necessary. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for attaching soft tissue to bone;
- comprising the steps of;
providing a plurality of bone anchors, each having at least one channel formed therein for receiving suture;
threading a length of suture through at least one channel formed in a first one of the plurality of bone anchors;
deploying the first one of the plurality of bone anchors through tissue and into bone to cause the bone anchor to engage the suture and be embedded in the bone with a terminal length of suture extending out of the tissue and through the remaining plurality of bone anchors;
threading a length of suture through at least one channel formed in a second one of the plurality of bone anchors;
deploying a second one of the plurality of bone anchors through tissue into bone, at a location adjacent the position of the first bone anchor, to cause the bone anchor to engage the suture and be embedded in the bone with the terminal length of suture extending out of the tissue and through the remaining plurality of bone anchors; and
repeating the step of threading and deploying as necessary. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- comprising the steps of;
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14. A method for attaching tissue to bone, comprising the steps of:
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providing a bone anchor installation apparatus having a plurality of bone anchors disposed therein and a length of suture extending through each of the bone anchors, the bone anchors being effective to engage the bone and the suture upon deployment into a bone hole;
actuating the installation apparatus to apply a first bone anchor through tissue and into a first bone hole;
actuating the apparatus to apply a second bone anchor through tissue and into a second bone hole adjacent the first bone hole, the apparatus being effective to tension the length of suture extending between the first and second bone anchors;
repeating the step of actuating the apparatus to apply a plurality of bone anchors, thereby securing tissue to the bone. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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