Patent ID: 9486207
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A suture anchor comprising: a threaded anchor body; an anchor tip with a suture eyelet loop removably attached to the anchor tip, the anchor tip being engageable with the anchor body, wherein the anchor tip has a forked tip provided at a most distal end of the anchor tip, wherein the forked tip is divided into opposing arms with an aperture therebetween, each of the opposing arms has at least one through hole to allow a suture to pass thereto, the suture extending linearly from the at least one through hole of one of the opposing arms to the at least one through hole of the other of the opposing arms to form the suture eyelet loop; and a flexible strand passed through the suture eyelet loop, wherein the suture forming the suture eyelet loop has free ends that are tensionable to decrease the size of the suture eyelet loop and thereby force the flexible strand into the aperture of the forked tip and secure the flexible strand between the opposing arms of the forked tip wherein the threaded anchor body is insertable over the anchor tip for securing both the threaded anchor body and the anchor tip into bone.