An orthopaedic bone anchor and suspension device includes a head which, on its upper face, has an opening of a central bore for receiving an expansion device, and, adjoining the underside of the head, a sleeve which is designed as an expansion dowel for anchoring the bone anchor and suspension device in the bone. The bone anchor and suspension device is characterized in that the head has a collar which protrudes outwards past the sleeve, wherein the collar preferably has holes for the attachment of fastening sutures and, on its outer circumference, has at least one recess for grafts.

Tensionable, knotless, self-locking surgical constructs and methods for surgical repairs are disclosed. A tensionable, knotless, self-locking surgical construct includes two self-locking, tensionable, knotless independent mechanisms loaded onto a fixation device, one of the two self-locking, tensionable, knotless, independent mechanisms including a preformed, flexible, continuous, uninterrupted loop. The fixation device can be a knotless fixation device such as a hard-body anchor, or a knotless soft anchor such as an all-suture knotless anchor.

A stitching anchor nail includes an anchor body in a shape of straight tube, a non-circular blade jack formed in and through an axis portion of the anchor body along an axis direction thereof, a thread-in structure at a rear-end part of the anchor body, and a spiral tooth structure formed on a side surface of the anchor body and extending from a rear-end part toward a front end of the anchor body along a spiral direction. The spiral tooth structure is formed with a tooth-in entrance at a front end thereof and has a cross section in a shape of a trapezoid having an included angle ranging from 45 to 55 degree between two side edges of the trapezoid and has a tooth top in a width ranging from 0.4 to 0.7 mm.

Knotless surgical constructs and methods of tissue repairs. A surgical construct can offer both repair and shuttling capabilities to allow for a single pass to load multiple sutures at once. A surgical construct can pass or shuttle multiple repair sutures while making a single pass through or around soft tissue.

A repair suture consists of a strand of suture material formed into a continuous loop. One end of the loop may be thicker than the other. The repair suture may be part of a suture assembly including the repair suture, a linking suture having a looped end and a straight end, and a suture anchor. The suture anchor may have a suture bridge that divides the cross-sectional area of the interior of the anchor into two unequal sections. The suture assembly may be used to create luggage tag configurations for repairing tissue or for attaching tissue to bone. In a double-row method with medial row compression, loose suture ends from the medial row are inserted into a lateral row anchor having a proximal anchor body, a distal tip, and internal locking elements for locking the distal tip to the proximal anchor body.

Methods for correction of spinal deformities using bone anchors having one or more features configured to actively draw in and/or compact vertebral bone into an inner chamber. In some implementations, a first bone anchor having an inner chamber may be advanced into a first vertebral body of a spinal column. One of more features of the inner chamber may, as the first bone anchor is rotatably or otherwise advanced, actively draw and compact vertebral bone into the inner chamber. A second bone anchor may be advanced into a second vertebral body of the spinal column, after which a tether may be coupled between the first and second bone anchors to apply a corrective force to at least a portion of the spinal column.

Systems, assemblies, and methods are provided herein for fastening of one bone to another bone using one or more sutures. The features herein enable such fastening with a more accurate strength, and which can be more easily fastened in-situ.

The present invention provides a method for stabilizing a fractured bone. The method includes positioning an elongate rod in the medullary canal of the fractured bone and forming a passageway through the cortex of the bone. The passageway extends from the exterior surface of the bone to the medullary canal of the bone. The method also includes creating a bonding region on the elongate rod. The bonding region is generally aligned with the passageway of the cortex. Furthermore, the method includes positioning a fastener in the passageway of the cortex and on the bonding region of the elongate rod and thermally bonding the fastener to the bonding region of the elongate rod while the fastener is positioned in the passageway of the cortex.

A dynamic ligament repair device includes a suture, a femoral side suture anchor and a threaded screw or housing implant. The screw is configured for placement in the tibia, or alternatively in the femur. A spring is housed inside an axial bore in the threaded screw. In some embodiments, the spring is a compression spring. A moveable spring button is positioned inside the axial bore adjacent a distal end of the spring. The spring button engages the spring directly in some embodiments. In alternative embodiments, an intermediate structure such as a spacer is positioned between the spring button and the spring. The suture extends between the spring button and the suture anchor. When the joint flexes or extends, the spring button travels inside the axial bore and dynamically compresses or relaxes the spring.

Constructs, devices, and methods for dynamically compressing tissue. An exemplary construct comprises a dynamic tensioning device configured to be implanted in a subject and defining a suture-coupling site. The dynamic tensioning device may be deformable superelastically from a resting state to a stretched state. A suture may be connected to the dynamic tensioning device at the suture-coupling site.