Patent ID: 11918201
Assignee: BIOMET MANUFACTURING, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 6:
7. A method for securing a suture to a bore, the method comprising:
mounting an anchor to an implant delivery device, the anchor including an anchor body and a distal member located at a distal end of the anchor body, wherein the distal member includes a suture receiving aperture, wherein the implant delivery device includes a cannulated outer shaft, the cannulated outer shaft including a distal end configured to engage a proximal end of the anchor body for driving the anchor into the bore; and an inner shaft slidably received in the cannulated outer shaft, wherein a distal end of the inner shaft is extendable distally beyond the distal end of the cannulated outer shaft such that, when the distal end of the cannulated outer shaft is engaging the proximal end of the anchor body, the distal end of the inner shaft is extendable through the anchor body to a distance beyond the distal end of the anchor body to engage the suture;
loading the suture into the distal member of the anchor through the suture receiving aperture;
positioning a portion of the suture distally past the distal end of the anchor body;
positioning the anchor at the bore so that the portion of the suture distally past the distal end of the anchor body is located at or near a bottom of the bore while the anchor body is above the bore;
tensioning the suture; and
driving the anchor body into the bore to secure the suture,
wherein the suture receiving aperture includes a slot in the distal member, wherein the slot is an L-shaped slot with an opening on a side of the distal member defining a first leg of the L-shaped slot and a longitudinally running slot in the distal member defining a second leg of the L-shaped slot, wherein a distal end of the distal member is closed and when the inner shaft is extended at least a portion of the inner shaft covers the opening on the side of the distal member so as to secure the suture within the distal member, wherein the suture located in the suture receiving aperture is not driven distally beyond the distal member.