Patent ID: 11896475
Assignee: MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SARL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A surgical implant, comprising:
a body having a longitudinal axis, a longitudinal bore, and a plurality of thru-holes, the plurality of thru-holes extending in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the body from a top side to a bottom side of the body;
a first suture filament having first and second terminal ends; and
a second suture filament extending through the longitudinal bore, the second suture filament including a protrusion positioned outside of the longitudinal bore that has a diameter larger than the longitudinal bore to prevent passage of the protrusion through the longitudinal bore,
the first suture filament being associated with the body to form:
a self-locking knot, the self-locking knot including a collapsible opening, located on the top side of the body, and
a plurality of coils formed as a result of the terminal ends of the first suture filament passing through a thru-hole from the top side of the body to the bottom side of the body and then passing through a different thru-hole of the body back to the top side of the body,

wherein the self-locking knot is formed with the first terminal end passing through the collapsible portion from a first side of the opening and the second terminal end passing through a second, opposite side of the opening, and
wherein the collapsible opening is configured to collapse and move toward the body when tension is applied to at least one of the first and second terminal ends.