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Patent Inventor Names
Daniel Paul Gamache0
André Francisco-Guilherme0
Arthur G. Stephen0
Brian Henri Ortrando0
Erik Sebastian Sojka0
Justin M. Piccirillo0
Mark W. Wolfson0
Date of Patent
May 7, 2013
0Patent Application Number
128713240
Date Filed
August 30, 2010
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Patent abstract
A suture anchor has a tubular body having an axial bore therethrough and having one or more purchase enhancements on an exterior surface of the body adapted to enhance purchase of the body within a bone hole, such as threads. A lateral port passes through the body from the bore to the exterior surface. A length of suture for attaching soft tissue to bone passes down along the exterior surface over the one or more purchase enhancements, over a distal end of the body, up into the bore through and then back out of the bore and up along the exterior surface over the one or more purchase enhancements.
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