Suture anchor and suture anchor installation tool
First Claim
1. A sterile suture anchor comprising:
- a body with a distal end, tapered planar side walls and a dome shaped proximal end, a cross section of said body forming a triangular shape with at least one rounded end; and
a suture aperture transversely cut through said body portion being dimensioned to hold at least one suture.
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Abstract
A sterile suture anchor comprising a body with a distal end, tapered planar side walls and a dome shaped proximal end, a cross section of said body forming a triangular shape with at least one rounded end; and a suture aperture transversely cut through the body being dimensioned to hold at least one suture. An insertion tool for inserting the suture anchor through a substantially cylindrical bore hole in a live human bone and causing the suture anchor to be anchored comprises a handle, a hollow tube secured to the handle and a driver rod slidably mounted in the tube. The driver rod has a distal end defining an angled cam which engages a suture anchor mounted in said tube and rotates the suture anchor into a desired position for insertion into human tissue. A finger driver assembly is mounted on the handle and is secured to the driver and so that movement of the finger driver assembly causes the driver rod to be moved within the hollow tube causing the driver rod cam end to engage the suture anchor and turn the suture anchor in a predetermined orientation for anchoring in the bore hole.
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32 Claims
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1. A sterile suture anchor comprising:
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a body with a distal end, tapered planar side walls and a dome shaped proximal end, a cross section of said body forming a triangular shape with at least one rounded end; and
a suture aperture transversely cut through said body portion being dimensioned to hold at least one suture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A sterile suture anchor comprising:
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an allograft bone body with a first distal end, said distal end having length greater than the width of a bore into which it is to be mounted, tapered planar sides extending from said distal surface and inclined toward each other so that planes formed on each side planar surface will intersect to form an angle less than 90°
, said tapered planar sides terminating in a rounded proximal end with a cross section of said body having substantially triangular configuration; and
an aperture transversely cut through said bone body dimensioned to hold at least one suture located in a central section of said bone body. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An insertion tool for inserting a suture anchor into a substantially cylindrical hole in a live human bone and causing said suture anchor to be anchored in said live human bone, said insertion tool comprising;
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a handle defining grip means and an internal cavity;
a hollow tube secured to said handle, a driver rod slidably mounted to said tube, said driver rod having a distal end defining an angled cam which engages a suture anchor mounted in said hollow tube to rotate said suture anchor into a desired position for insertion into human tissue;
a driver assembly mounted on said handle and seated in said internal cavity, said driver assembly comprising a body, said driver rod being secured to said driver assembly body so that movement of said driver assembly causes said driver rod to be moved within said hollow tube causing said driver rod cam end to engage said suture anchor and turn said suture anchor in a predetermined orientation. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An insertion tool for inserting a suture anchor in a substantially cylindrical hole cut a live human bone and causing a predetermined orientation of said suture anchor in said live human bone, said insertion tool comprising;
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a handle body defining grip means and an internal cavity and a suture channel along an outer surface of said handle body;
a hollow tube secured to said handle body with the proximal end of said tube leading to said handle internal cavity, a distal end of said hollow tube defining opposing slots therein;
a driver rod slidably mounted to said tube, said driver rod defining a cam end which engages a suture anchor mounted in said tube and rotates said suture anchor into a desired position for mounting in said live human bone, a finger driver assembly mounted in said handle cavity, said finger driver assembly comprising a body, means to secure said driver rod to said body so that movement of said body causes said driver rod to be moved within said tube to engage said a suture anchor placed in said hollow tube; and
spring biasing means mounted in said handle cavity adjacent said driver rod and engaging said finger driver body to urge said driver rod back to an original position. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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