Abstract: Suture buttons are disclosed for fixing two bones together. The suture buttons may enable surgeons to more easily and effectively implement a suture button technique, such as to repair syndesmosis injuries in ankles. A first suture button includes a pulley peg extending from a button head. The pulley peg may be positioned with a bone hole upon installation of the first suture button, which may help protect suture and help reduce potential patient discomfort. The second suture button helps facilitate the second suture button flipping into place upon deployment from a button inserter. Each of the first and second provided suture buttons may help reduce friction between the respective buttons and suture during an installation procedure. The first and second provided suture buttons may be used together in a surgical procedure or individually with other suitable buttons or anchors.

Abstract: Disclosed is a button which includes: a pin screw having a needle section, a button head on which the pin screw is provided, and a nut threadedly engaged with the pin screw, where the pin screw and the nut, provided directly or indirectly on the button head, are formed to be detachable with respect to each other, so that the button head can be fastened to clothes or the like solely by piercing the pin screw therethrough and engaging the nut with the pin screw, thereby making it possible to easily attach or detach the button to or from an arbitrary position on clothes or the like.

Abstract: A button of the type including a body of which bottom portion is formed with a recess or stepped part at the central area thereof, a fastening leg member made of resilient material, the fastening leg member having an opposing pair of end parts bent outwardly, and a holder with a slot formed therein through which the fastening leg member is inserted by manual force, wherein fitting of the fastening leg member to the body is achieved by way of the steps of fitting the holder onto the fastening leg member at the position as determined between the central part and the pair of end parts of the fastening leg member, inserting the pair of end parts of the fastening leg member through a slot on the bottom portion of the body, turning the fastening leg member within the slot and then causing the pair of end parts to be expanded in a pair of cutouts under the effect of expansive resilient force of the fastening leg member.

Abstract: A button anchor apparatus has an elongated elastic thread having an elongated needle portion formed on one end thereof and an elongated ferrule formed on the other end of said elongated elastic thread and having a bore formed in one end thereof. The ferrule bore is adapted to accept the needle for locking the button to the garment. A method of attaching a button with a button anchor apparatus is also provided including the steps of pushing the needle through the garment, threading the elastic thread through the button and back through the garment, then attaching the end of the needle into the open end of the ferrule by stretching the elastic thread to allow the elongated needle to be aligned with and inserted into the ferrule bore.