Patent ID: 9402617
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. An anchoring system for securing tissue to bone, comprising an implant comprising a body having a suture recess having a length extending along a portion of a length of the body, said recess having a predetermined depth below an outer surface of the body and being open to the outer surface of the body along the length of the recess; a suture pinch ramp disposed within the suture recess at the proximal end thereof, a suture cleat within the suture recess adjacent to the suture pinch ramp at the proximal end thereof, and a suture eyelet within the suture recess and extending transversely through a width of the body, the suture pinch ramp having a depth approximately equal to said predetermined depth at a distal end thereof and sloping outwardly in a proximal direction so that a depth of a proximal end of the suture pinch ramp approaches zero, the anchoring system further comprising bone displacement tabs disposed on a distal portion of the implant body, for displacing bone distal to suture to thereby allow optimal suture sliding during initial deployment of the anchor, the bone displacement tabs comprising protruding surfaces distal to the suture recess.