IP Library Granted Patent US 9,131,937
Granted Patent B2
US 9,131,937 · App. 13/674,825 · Granted Sep 15, 2015

Suture anchor

Inventors: Kwan-Ho Chan (Singapore, SG); James Murphy (Newton Square, PA); T. Wade Fallin (Hyde Park, UT); Patrick Michel White (West Chester, PA)
Assignee: VentureMD Innovations, LLC
A61B17/0401A61B2017/044A61B2017/0412A61B2017/0414A61B2017/0451A61B2017/0459
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,131,937
App. No.
13/674,825
Granted
Sep 15, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Suture anchors are disclosed having suture locking features able to lock multiple suture ends extending from a body tissue, such as from a bone tunnel, with a single device.

Claims (7)

1. A suture anchor for securing first and second suture portions relative to a bone, the suture anchor comprising:

an elongated body defining a longitudinal axis extending between a first end and a second end;

a proximal portion having first suture securing means for securing the first suture portion; and

a distal portion having second suture securing means for securing the second suture portion, the first and second suture securing means being spaced apart relative to the longitudinal axis.

2. The suture anchor of claim 1 wherein the proximal portion is a proximal one half of the suture anchor and the distal portion is a distal one half of the suture anchor.

3. The suture anchor of claim 1 wherein the proximal portion is a proximal one third of the suture anchor and the distal portion is a distal two thirds of the suture anchor.

4. The suture anchor of claim 1 wherein the proximal portion is a proximal two thirds of the suture anchor and the distal portion is a distal one third of the suture anchor.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2021
From: VENTUREMD INNOVATIONS, LLC; VENTUREMD, LLC; SURGICAL FRONTIERS, LLC; SURGICAL FRONTIERS, INC.; SURGICAL FRONTIERS SERIES I, LLC; KATOR, LLC; FIRST RAY, LLC; MORTISE MEDICAL, LLC; CRES HOLDINGS, INC.; SF MERGER CORP.; SF MERGER SUB LLC
To: CROSSROADS EXTREMITY SYSTEMS, LLC
Reel/Frame 058568/0154 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 5, 2020
From: VENTUREMD, LLC F/K/A VENTUREMD INNOVATIONS, LLC
To: KATOR, LLC
Reel/Frame 052030/0992 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 14, 2020
From: KATOR, LLC
To: SF MERGER CORP.
Reel/Frame 051819/0932 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 14, 2020
From: SF MERGER CORP.
To: CROSSROADS EXTREMITY SYSTEMS, LLC
Reel/Frame 051821/0043 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2012
From: CHAN, KWAN-HO; MURPHY, JAMES; FALLIN, T. WADE; WHITE, PATRICK M.
To: VENTUREMD INNOVATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 029336/0272 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61560694 · Nov 16, 2011
Provisional Application 61597138 · Feb 9, 2012
Related Publication 20130123842A1 · May 16, 2013