IP Library Granted Patent US 11,298,121
Granted Patent B2
US 11,298,121 · App. 14/485,879 · Granted Apr 12, 2022

Medical apparatus and method for attaching a suture to a bone

Inventors: Ran Oren (Kibbutz Gaaton, IL); Sumant G. Krishnan (Dallas, TX); Lee Ranon (Nahariya, IL); Shai Nahmias (Nahariya, IL); Aryeh Mirochinik (Akko, IL)
Assignee: T.A.G. Medical Devices—Agriculture Cooperative Ltd.
A61B17/0469A61B17/0401A61B17/0482A61B17/0485A61B17/1684A61B17/1778A61B17/1796A61B2017/00358A61B2017/00424A61B2017/0409A61B2017/0445
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Patent No.
US 11,298,121
App. No.
14/485,879
Granted
Apr 12, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of forming a channel in a bone, the method comprising: providing a first bore in the bone; and forming, a second bore in the bone at a predefined angle from said first bore, using said first bore as a reference point for defining the location of the second bore in the bone, wherein the first and second bores intersect in the bone.

Claims (5)

1. A medical implement comprising:

a hook for inserting in a first bore in a bone; and

a passageway for placement at an entrance to a second bore in the bone, wherein said hook comprises a grasper extending therefrom, said grasper being adapted to grasp an end of a suture inserted through the passageway and through the second bore.

2. The implement according to claim 1 wherein said hook is further adapted to extract the suture through the first bore.

3. The implement according to claim 1 further comprising a movable member for clamping walls of the passageway against the bone when the hook is inserted into the first bore.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2022
From: T.A.G. MEDICAL DEVICES - AGRICULTURE COOPERATIVE LTD.
To: T.A.G. MEDICAL PRODUCTS CORPORATION LTD.
Reel/Frame 060033/0848 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 12919516
Provisional Application 61129394 · Jun 23, 2008
Provisional Application 61064333 · Feb 28, 2008
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