Method for double row fixation of tendon to bone

• US 8,419,794 B2
• Filed: 09/01/2011
• Issued: 04/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arthrex Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Arthrex Incorporated
• Inventors: ElAttrache, Neal S., Tibone, James E.
• Primary Examiner(s): GHERBI, SUZETTE JAIME J
• Application Number:
  US13/223,867
• Publication Number:
  US 20110313455A1
• Time in Patent Office: 593 Days
• Field of Search: 623 1311- 1314, 606224-233
• US Class Current: 623/13.11
• 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 2017/0409 Instruments for applying suture anchors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0414 having a suture-receiving opening, e.g. lateral opening
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/044 with a threaded shaft, e.g. screws
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/0811 Fixation devices for tendons or ligaments

Abstract

A system and method for soft tissue to bone repair employing at least one suture anchor combined with at least one knotless fixation device. The method for soft tissue to bone fixation includes: (i) providing a first medial row constructed with a first plurality of fixation devices, at least one of the first plurality of fixation devices is an anchor; and (ii) providing a second lateral row constructed with a second plurality of fixation devices, at least one of the second plurality of fixation devices is a knotless fixation device, and suture or tape or allograft/biological component extending over the soft tissue and secured in place by the anchors in the first and second medial rows.

Claims

1. A knotless method of attaching soft tissue to bone, comprising:

inserting a first anchor with a length of suture attached thereto into a first hole in the bone;

passing the suture attached to the first anchor up through and over the soft tissue;

inserting an end of the suture through an eyelet of an implant;

positioning the implant over a second hole in the bone which is not underneath the soft tissue and tensioning the suture as appropriate;

advancing the implant into the second hole in the bone; and

inserting a body of a second anchor into the second hole in the bone, over the implant, to secure the suture in the second hole without tying any knots.