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Granted Patent B2
US 12,193,656 · App. 17/482,032 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Non-sliding soft anchor

Inventor: Christopher Durando (Warsaw, IN)
Assignee: Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
A61B17/0401A61B17/06166A61B2017/0406A61B2017/0409A61B2017/0417A61B2017/044A61B2017/0458A61B2017/0459A61B17/0485A61B2017/06185
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Patent No.
US 12,193,656
App. No.
17/482,032
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for coupling tissue includes aligning a guide tool on an outer surface of a first tissue; forming a bore in the first tissue aligned with the guide tool; deploying a non-slip suture construct through the (wide tool and into the bore; adjusting a saddle along a flexible member to a position adjacent to a soft anchor, wherein the saddle prevents the flexible member from slideably moving relative to the soft anchor; and threading the flexible member through a second tissue to secure the second tissue to the first tissue.

Claims (28)

1. A method, comprising:

obtaining a single braided suture with a first free end and a second free end, wherein, in a direction along the single braided suture from the first free end to the second free end, the single braided suture includes a first longitudinal section which is followed by a second longitudinal section which is followed by a third longitudinal section, the first longitudinal section and the third longitudinal section each comprising a section of the single braided suture having a hollow core, the second longitudinal section comprising a flat braided ribbon section of the single braided suture;

sliding a first anchor that is positionable in a bone hole onto the single braided suture; and

forming an adjustable suture construct with the single braided suture after sliding the first anchor onto the single braided suture, wherein said forming includes passing the first free end of the single braided suture: (i) into the single braided suture through a first opening in an outer wall of the third longitudinal section of the single braided suture; (ii) longitudinally through the single braided suture along the hollow core of the third longitudinal section of the single braided suture; and (iii) out of the single braided suture through a second opening in the outer wall of the third longitudinal section of the single braided suture to position the first free end of the single braided suture outside the single braided suture and form an adjustable loop portion of the adjustable suture construct, the first free end of the single braided suture pullable to adjust a size of the adjustable loop portion,

wherein said passing leaves the first anchor on the single braided suture along the adjustable loop portion of the adjustable suture construct.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first anchor is a soft anchor deformable from a first condition to a second condition in the bone hole.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the soft anchor comprises a tube.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein said sliding positions the tube on the single braided suture such that the single braided suture extends longitudinally through at least part of an internal longitudinal passage in the tube.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said passing leaves at least part of the flat braided ribbon section of the second longitudinal section of the single braided suture extending through the hollow core of the third longitudinal section of the single braided suture and contacting an inner wall of the hollow core of the third longitudinal section of the single braided suture.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said passing leaves the flat braided ribbon section of the second longitudinal section of the single braided suture contacting a suture material around at least one of the first opening and the second opening in the outer wall of the third longitudinal section of the single braided suture.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said passing leaves at least part of the first longitudinal section of the single braided suture outside the single braided suture.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising coupling a second anchor to the first anchor with the single braided suture.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second anchor is coupled to the first anchor with a section of the single braided suture that is free of knots.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising mounting the first anchor on a distal end of an inserter with at least part of the adjustable suture construct extending back along the inserter in a proximal direction.

11. A method, comprising:

obtaining a single braided suture with a first free end and a second free end, wherein, in a direction along the single braided suture from the first free end to the second free end, the single braided suture includes a first longitudinal section which is followed by a second longitudinal section which is followed by a third longitudinal section, the first longitudinal section and the third longitudinal section each comprising a section of the single braided suture having a hollow core, the second longitudinal section comprising a flat braided ribbon section of the single braided suture;

forming an adjustable suture construct with the single braided suture, wherein said forming includes passing the first free end of the single braided suture: (i) into the single braided suture through a first opening in an outer wall of the third longitudinal section of the single braided suture; (ii) longitudinally within the single braided suture along the hollow core of the third longitudinal section of the single braided suture; and (iii) out of the single braided suture through a second opening in the outer wall of the third longitudinal section of the single braided suture to position the first free end of the single braided suture outside the single braided suture and form an adjustable loop portion of the adjustable suture construct, the first free end of the single braided suture pullable to adjust a size of the adjustable loop portion,

wherein said passing leaves at least part of the flat braided ribbon section of the second longitudinal section of the single braided suture extending through the hollow core of the third longitudinal section of the single braided suture and contacting an inner wall of the hollow core of the third longitudinal section of the single braided suture.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising sliding a first anchor onto the single braided suture.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first anchor is a soft anchor deformable from a first condition to a second condition in the bone hole.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the soft anchor comprises a tube, and wherein said sliding positions the tube on the single braided suture such that the single braided suture extends longitudinally through at least part of an internal longitudinal passage in the tube.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the adjustable suture construct is formed after sliding the first anchor onto the single braided suture.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein said passing leaves the first anchor on the single braided suture along the adjustable loop portion of the adjustable suture construct.

17. The method of claim 12 further comprising coupling a second anchor to the first anchor with the single braided suture.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the second anchor is coupled to the first anchor with a section of the single braided suture that is free of knots.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein said passing leaves the flat braided ribbon section of the second longitudinal section of the single braided suture contacting a suture material around at least one of the first opening and the second opening in the outer wall of the third longitudinal section of the single braided suture.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein said passing leaves the flat braided ribbon section of the second longitudinal section of the single braided suture contacting the inner wall of the hollow core of the third longitudinal section of the single braided suture and the suture material around both the first opening and the second opening in the outer wall of the third longitudinal section of the single braided suture.

21. The method of claim 11 , wherein said passing leaves at least part of the first longitudinal section of the single braided suture outside the single braided suture.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 16413286 · May 15, 2019
Continuation 15963405 · Apr 26, 2018
Continuation 14466492 · Aug 22, 2014
Related Publication 20220008061A1 · Jan 13, 2022
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