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

Claim 3:
4. 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 including a pair of openings on an outer surface on opposing sides of the distal member leading to a pair of openings on an inner surface on opposing sides of the distal member, wherein the distal member includes slots longitudinally extending along the distal member and open at a distal end of the distal member and separate from the suture receiving aperture, wherein the slots extend up the distal member so as to be at least partially co-extensive along a cross-section perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the distal member with the pair of openings on the outer surface of the distal member and with the pair of openings on the inner surface of the distal member;
loading the suture into the distal member of the anchor through the suture receiving aperture;
positioning a portion of the suture distally past a 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.