US 11,701,101 B2
Suture anchor and method
T. Wade Fallin, Hyde Park, UT (US)
Assigned to Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Nov. 11, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/680,464.
Application 16/680,464 is a continuation of application No. 14/532,905, filed on Nov. 4, 2014, granted, now 10,470,756.
Application 14/532,905 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/674,837, filed on Nov. 12, 2012, granted, now 10,136,883, issued on Nov. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/597,138, filed on Feb. 9, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/560,694, filed on Nov. 16, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2020/0078001 A1, Mar. 12, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0412 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0451 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0459 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0817 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suture anchor for repairing soft tissue, the suture anchor comprising:
an implant body comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the implant body comprising:
an exterior surface extending from the proximal end to the distal end, the exterior surface having a plurality of radially extending ridges configured to engage a bone tunnel in response to insertion of the implant body into the bone tunnel;
an axial passage; and
an opening in the distal end of the implant body providing communication between the exterior surface and the axial passage;
a suture comprising:
a first end secured to a suture carrier disposed in the axial passage, wherein the suture carrier is too large to pass through the opening; and
a second end,
wherein the suture extends from the first end out the opening, and extends outside the implant body to the second end; and
an interference member configured to secure the second end to the proximal end of the implant body.