Patent ID: 11857176
Assignee: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  D | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for insertion into a bone hole comprising:
a flexible fixation member comprising a body formed by two legs and a distal, U-shaped bend joining the two legs, each of the legs terminating in a proximal free end; and
a suture received through each of the legs of the flexible fixation member, the suture formed by two legs and a distal, U-shaped bend joining the two legs of the suture, each of the suture legs having a proximal end region, one of the proximal end regions extending from an opening in one of the legs of the body and the other of the proximal end regions extending from an opening in the other of the legs of the body with each proximal end region terminally exiting from the fixation member at the respective opening, the ti-shaped bend of the suture being distal to the U-shaped bend of the body;
wherein the fixation member having the U-shaped bend is slidably coupled to the suture and configurable to form a cluster within a surgical site; and
wherein the suture extends longitudinally down one leg of the fixation member and longitudinally up the other leg of the fixation member in a single direction without intersecting itself.