Patent ID: 11950774
Assignee: TIGON MEDICAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. An anchoring system for securing tissue to bone, comprising
an implant comprising a body having a longitudinal axis, the body having a suture eyelet extending transversely therethrough, and first and second suture recesses extending posteriorly along a portion of a length of the body having a predetermined depth below an outer surface of the body; and first and second suture pinch slits disposed at proximal ends of the first and second suture recesses, the first suture pinch slit having a distal end located within the first suture recess, the second suture pinch slit having a distal end located within the second suture recess, the first and second suture pinch slits being coplanar with but non-parallel to the longitudinal axis.