Patent ID: 9402616
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A system for repairing a meniscus comprising: a suture including a first anchor, a second anchor, and a flexible portion connecting the first anchor and the second anchor, the flexible portion including a self-locking slide knot between the first anchor and the second anchor; a needle having a longitudinal extending bore and an open end, the bore being configured to receive the first anchor and the second anchor; a body portion operatively connected to the needle at a distal end of the body portion, the body portion having a lumen; a pusher configured to rotate and slide within the lumen of the body portion and the longitudinal extending bore of the needle, the pusher having a first stop surface and a second stop surface, the first stop surface of the pusher being constructed and arranged to engage a proximal end of the body portion after the first anchor has been discharged from the needle by the pusher to prevent the pusher from discharging the second anchor, and the second stop surface of the pusher being constructed and arranged to engage the proximal end of the body portion after the second anchor has been discharged from the needle by the pusher; wherein the needle comprises a cutting surface at the open end for cutting the flexible portion of the suture, and wherein the pusher is configured to align the flexible portion of the suture with the cutting surface and move relative to the cutting surface so as to cut the flexible portion of the suture; and wherein the flexible portion of the suture is aligned with the cutting surface when the second stop surface engages the second end of the body portion.