A61B2017/0403

KNOTLESS ANCHOR INSERTER TOOL EXTRACTION
20230210512 · 2023-07-06 ·

Various exemplary devices, systems, and methods for knotless anchor inserter tool extraction are provided. In general, an inserter tool is configured for knotless anchor insertion in a soft tissue repair surgical procedure. The inserter tool is configured to insert an anchor into a bone of a patient to secure a soft tissue relative to the bone. The inserter tool includes a retraction mechanism configured to cause the inserter tool to be removed from within the anchor.

ACL REPAIR METHOD USING FEMORAL ATTACHMENT

Methods and system for the repair of a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament using a femoral attachment are provided. Aspects of the invention include a scaffold attached by a suture to an fixation device. The fixation device and suture are secured to a femur and not to a tibia near or at the repair site.

Soft tissue fixing anchor and soft tissue fixing method using the same
11540823 · 2023-01-03 ·

A soft tissue fixing anchor includes: an anchor member which is inserted to the bone cavity interior and prevented from moving in the bone cavity interior by the artificial joint when the artificial joint is implanted; and a suture of which one end portion is fixed to the anchor member and the other end portion is exposed to a bone cavity exterior of the bone so as to be sutured to the soft tissue.

Devices and methods for tissue repair

A tissue repair construct having first and second implants coupled via a flexible element is provided. The flexible element forms an adjustable loop closed with a sliding knot, and has first and second free ends extending from the knot formed by wrapping the second end around the first end. The second implant can have a changeable configuration. The construct can be placed within a surgical site in a patient's body such that the first implant is passed into a bone adjacent to soft tissue and the second implant is disposed on an opposed side of the soft tissue. The first free end of the flexible element is configured to be tensioned to decrease a size of the loop and thereby change the configuration of the second implant and to thereby cause at least the second implant to move towards the first implant.

Method of attaching a surgical suture inside of a pelvis
11529223 · 2022-12-20 · ·

A method of attaching a surgical suture inside of a pelvis includes moving an anchor deployment component relative to the anchor delivery component, pushing an anchor out of the anchor delivery component and into tissue inside of the pelvis, and engaging anchor with the tissue inside of the pelvis.

Triangular fibrocartilage complex reconstruction techniques
11510790 · 2022-11-29 · ·

This disclosure is directed to methods for reconstructing an unstable triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC). Exemplary methods include preparing, delivering, and fixating a graft within a distal radioulnar joint in a manner that restores the functionality to the TFCC, thereby improving the joint kinematics of the radioulnar joint.

Knotless self-locking anchor constructs and methods of tissue fixation
11497484 · 2022-11-15 · ·

Systems and methods for soft tissue to bone repairs, without knot tying. The soft tissue repair systems include self-cinching constructs with a fixation device, a flexible coupler and an optional shuttle/pull device attached to the flexible strand. An accordion-style weave region is formed by pulling on the shuttle/pull device subsequent to the fixation device being secured into the bone, to allow desired tensioning of soft tissue to be fixated or repaired relative to the bone and secured self-locking of the construct.

SUTURE ANCHOR
20220354481 · 2022-11-10 ·

The present application relates to the field of medical devices, and in particular to a suture anchor. A suture anchor includes an anchor head and an anchor body, wherein a threading hole is formed on the anchor head, the anchor body includes a side pressing portion integrally formed by a plurality of layers of round tables, and at least two opposite longitudinal cuts are formed on each round table of the side pressing portion; from a direction close to the anchor head to a direction away from the anchor head, positions of the longitudinal cuts on adjacent round tables are deflected toward a same side.

TISSUE ANCHORING DEVICE AND USE THEREOF

A tissue anchor for use in holding a tissue to a bone is provided. The anchor includes a distal tip, a proximal end, and an elongated body extending from the distal tip to the proximal end along a longitudinal axis. The elongated body can include a cannulated tunnel having an opening at the proximal end. An engagement member can be disposed inside of the elongated body and configured to enable the loading of a first thread-like fixation element through the cannulated tunnel. The distal tip of the tissue anchor can include an opening dimensioned and configured to capture and retain a second thread-like fixation element.

POINT-LOADING KNOTLESS FIXATION DEVICES

Surgical constructs and methods for soft tissue to bone repairs, without knot tying. The soft tissue repair constructs include a fixation device, a flexible strand, and a shuttle/pull device attached to the flexible strand and provided within the body of the fixation device. A splice is formed by pulling on the shuttle/pull device to allow desired tensioning of soft tissue to be fixated or repaired relative to the bone.