Rotational securing of a suture

• US 7,674,276 B2
• Filed: 10/06/2006
• Issued: 03/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC (Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Biomet Sports Medicine LLC (Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sauer, Julie L, Stone, Kevin T, Denham, Gregory J
• Primary Examiner(s): Ho; (Jackie) Tan-Uyen T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DANG, PHONG SON H
• Application Number:
  US11/545,036
• Publication Number:
  US 20080086138A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,250 Days
• Field of Search: 606/232, 606/300, 606/103, 606/74, 411396-391, 411/383, 241/35.N
• 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 2017/00407 Ratchet means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/044 with a threaded shaft, e.g. screws
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/045 snug fit within the anchor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0453 threaded elements, e.g. set screws
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/3967 Bolt perpendicular to cable axis

Abstract

A suture fixation apparatus having a first body portion having a bone engaging feature to fixedly engage a bony tissue and a second body portion defining an eyelet for receipt of a suture. The second body portion is rotatable with respect to the first body portion. Rotating the second body portion causes the suture to form a twist to frictionally secure the suture.

Claims

1. A suture anchor, comprising:

a first body portion defining a recess at a proximal end, a suture receiving channel transverse to the recess, and a bone engaging feature at a distal end to fixedly engage a bony tissue;

a second body portion defining an eyelet for receipt of a suture where engaging the second body portion rotates the eyelet with respect to the first body portion; and

a rotational ratcheting device to provide only one-directional rotational movement of the second body portion with respect to the first body portion;

wherein rotation of the second body portion causes the suture to form a twist to frictionally secure the suture;

wherein the recess provides a clearance to receive the twist below the eyelet between a distal end of the second body portion adjacent the eyelet and a bottom of the recess when the suture receiving channel and the eyelet are positioned in the same plane.

2. The suture anchor according to claim 1, wherein the second body portion is located at a proximal end of the suture anchor.

3. The suture anchor according to claim 1, wherein the second body portion is at least partially contained in the recess.

4. The suture anchor according to claim 1, wherein the second body portion is fully contained in the recess.

5. The suture anchor according to claim 1, wherein the second body portion is contained in the recess such that a proximal end of the second body portion and a proximal end of the first body portion are substantially flush.

6. The suture anchor according to claim 1, wherein the suture anchor comprises a drive end to receive a driver and advance the suture anchor by a technique selected from the group consisting of:

impacting, screwing, pushing, and combinations thereof.

7. The suture anchor according to claim 1, wherein the ratcheting mechanism comprises at least one ridge located on one of the first body portion and said second body portion and at least one pawl disposed opposite the ridge located on the other of the first body portion and the second body portion.

8. The suture anchor according to claim 7, further comprising a plurality of ridges and a plurality of pawls.

9. The suture anchor according to claim 1, wherein the suture receiving channel is in communication with the eyelet of the second body portion, and further wherein the eyelet and the suture receiving channel align to form a continuous linear passage that extends through the first body portion and the second body portion.

14. The suture anchor of claim 8, wherein the ridges are located on a planar mating surface of the first body portion and the pawls are located on a planar mating surface of he second body portion.

15. The suture anchor of claim 1, wherein the second body portion comprises a recessed driver-receiving portion at a first end and the eyelet is at a second end opposite the first end.

10. A suture anchor comprising:

a first body portion defining a recess at a proximal end and having a first suture receiving channel; and

a second body portion having a second suture receiving channel;

wherein the first suture receiving channel and the second suture receiving channel have an aligned position to provide a continuous passage for movement of a suture therebetween and at least one of the first suture receiving channel and the second suture receiving channel is adapted to be rotated relative to the other into a deployed position to misalign the first suture receiving channel and the second suture receiving channel to prevent movement of the suture therebetween, the continuous passage being aligned along the transverse axis of he suture anchor;

wherein the relative rotation causes the suture to form a twist below the second suture receiving channel in a clearance provided by the recess between a distal end of the second body portion adjacent the second suture receiving channel and a bottom of the recess when the first and second suture receiving channels are positioned in the same plane.

11. The suture anchor according to claim 10, further comprising an interface wherein a first mating surface of the first body portion engages a second mating surface of the second body portion.

12. The suture anchor according to claim 10, wherein the second suture receiving channel comprises an eyelet.

16. The suture anchor of claim 10, wherein the second body portion comprises a recessed driver-receiving portion at a first end and the eyelet is at a second end opposite the first end.

17. The suture anchor of claim 11, wherein the first mating surface is planar and comprises ridges and the second mating surface is planar and comprises pawls to provide a ratcheting device.

18. The suture anchor of claim 17, wherein the ratcheting device provides rotational movement of the first body portion with respect to the second body portion in only one-direction.

13. A suture anchor comprising:

a threaded suture anchor body having a bone engaging surface feature to fixedly engage a bony tissue where the suture anchor body has a proximal end defining a recess and a suture receiving channel communicating with the recess, and a distal end;

a rotatable base having an eyelet where the rotatable base and the eyelet are located in the recess of the threaded suture anchor body and are distal to the suture anchor body proximal end; and

a rotational ratcheting device to provide only one-directional rotational movement of the threaded suture anchor body with respect to the rotatable base;

wherein rotation of the rotatable base causes the suture to form a twist to frictionally secure the suture;

wherein the recess provides clearance to receive the twist below the eyelet between a distal end of the rotatable base adjacent the eyelet and a bottom of the recess when the eyelet and the suture receiving channel are positioned in the same plane.