Patent ID: 11911019
Assignee: CONMED CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An anchor for placement in or against tissue, the anchor comprising:
a non-tubular flat fibrous construct having a first fibrous construct end and a second fibrous construct end, and an open elongated column formed of fibrous construct material separately woven from the non-tubular flat fibrous construct, woven with a different pattern than the non-tubular flat fibrous construct, and extending along an axis that is parallel to or along a central axis of the non-tubular flat fibrous construct from a first elongated column end to a second elongated column end, wherein a portion of the non-tubular flat fibrous construct is adjacent to and extends from a first side and another portion of the non-tubular flat fibrous construct is adjacent to and extends from a second side of the open elongated column; and
a filament having a first filament end and a second filament end, and passing through and positioned at least partially in the open elongated column;
wherein the non-tubular flat fibrous construct comprises:
a first state in which the non-tubular flat fibrous construct is uncompressed and extends along a longitudinal axis of the filament when in an unfolded and pre-deployed condition; and
a second state in which the non-tubular flat fibrous construct is compressed and expanded in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the filament in a deployed condition.