Abstract: Disclosed are devices, methods and/or systems for securing tissue to bone, including a suture anchor implant having a body through which a suture eyelet extends transversely, and one or more suture pinch slits extending proximally from the suture eyelet, the suture pinch slit(s) angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the anchor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 9, 2020
Date of Patent:
April 9, 2024
Assignee:
Tigon Medical
Inventors:
Jeremy Clark, Umasuthan Srikumaran, Matthew Thompson
Abstract: Disclosed are devices, methods and/or systems for securing tissue to bone, including a suture anchor implant having a body through which a suture eyelet extends transversely, and one or more suture pinch slits extending proximally from the suture eyelet, the suture pinch slit(s) angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the anchor such that a distal end of at least one suture pinch slit is positioned within a suture recess extending along the body and a proximal end of the at least one suture pinch slit is positioned outside of the suture recess.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 28, 2018
Date of Patent:
September 29, 2020
Assignee:
Tigon Medical
Inventors:
Jeremy Clark, Umasuthan Srikumaran, Matthew Thompson