Inventors:
Evan Lederman - Paradise Valley AZ, US
Dick Winiker - Tempe AZ, US
Laird Hatch - Cave Creek AZ, US
Assignee:
REDLINE ORTHOPEDIC INNOVATIONS, INC. - Tempe AZ
International Classification:
A61B 17/04
Abstract:
A suture anchor is inserted within the spongy bone ″ such that only suture segments and extend into the cortical bone ′. Suture anchor is inserted with a suture inserting device that holds suture anchor until suture inserting device has entered spongy bone ″. Deployment device pushes suture anchor from suture inserting device into spongy bone ″. Suture anchor is positioned such that suture anchor spans the hole through which suture inserting device inserted suture anchor