MULTI-LOOP ADJUSTABLE KNOTLESS ANCHOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR REPAIR

• US 20120330357A1
• Filed: 06/25/2012
• Published: 12/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Thal, Raymond
• Original Assignee: Thal, Raymond
• Inventors: Thal, Raymond
• Application Number:
  US13/531,977
• Publication Number:
  US 20120330357A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 606/232
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/0401 Suture anchors, buttons or pledgets, i.e. means for attaching sutures to bone, cartilage or soft tissue; Instruments for applying or removing suture anchors A61B17/0642 takes precedence; fixation devices for tendons or ligaments A61F2/0811
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0403 Dowels
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0412 having anchoring barbs or pins extending outwardly from suture anchor body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0414 having a suture-receiving opening, e.g. lateral opening
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0427 having anchoring barbs or pins extending outwardly from the anchor body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/045 snug fit within the anchor

Abstract

A suture anchor assembly with an adjustable suture loop for securing a bone mass to soft tissue. The suture anchor system achieves secure, tensioned attachment of soft tissue to a bone mass using a suture anchor assembly in conjunction with an adjustable suture loop composed of loop member with a tensioning suture component extending therefrom and coupled thereto through the creation of a pre-tied slip (or sliding) knot.

Claims

1. A suture anchoring system, comprising:

an anchor having a distal portion and a proximal portion and having side slots extending from the proximal portion of the anchor to an opening located at a location between the proximal portion and the distal portion of the anchor;

an anchor suture loop for engagement with a suture rod; and

a tissue suture loop.

2. The suture anchoring system according to claim 1, wherein the tissue suture loop includes a pre-tied sliding knot with a tensioning suture component extending therefrom.

3. The suture anchoring system according to claim 1, wherein the anchor suture loop includes a pre-tied sliding knot with a tensioning suture component extending therefrom.

4. The suture anchoring system according to claim 1, wherein the anchor suture loop is secured to a first end of the suture rod.

5. A method for securing tissue, comprising:

passing an anchor suture loop through an opening in a suture rod;

passing a tissue suture loop through the tissue such that opposed first aid second loop sections are formed;

passing the anchor suture loop through first and second openings respectively defined by the opposed first and second loop sections;

passing the suture rod into an opening of an anchor, the anchor having recesses along its length extending from the opening;

capturing the anchor suture loop after passing through the first and second openings in a second opening on the suture rod; and

securing the anchor to a desired anchor hole in an anatomical site.

6. The method according to claim 5, further including the step of tensioning either the tissue suture loop or the anchor suture.

7. The method according to claim 5, further including the step of tensioning the tissue suture loop.