Suture anchor with attached disk

Details Suture anchor with attached disk Suture anchor with attached disk

1998-08-11

2000-02-22

Jackson, Gary

Surgery

Instruments

Suture retaining means

606 73, A61B 1704

Patent

active

060275235

ABSTRACT:
A suture anchor assembly for attachment of tissue to bone includes a suture anchor having a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end having an opening. A filament strand is looped through the opening and is attached at either end to a disk. The disk has a central opening that accommodates a suture anchor driver. The driver engages the suture anchor for installation through the tissue and into the underlying bone. As the suture anchor is installed into bone, tissue is approximated to the bone by the captured disk. Traction suture attached to the disk allows testing of the installation, and retrieval of the assembly in the event of failure during installation.

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