Patent ID: 9655612
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A61B,D03D

Claim:
1. A suture tape assembly, including: (a) a first length of suture and a second length of suture being substantially aligned to said first length of suture; (b) a tape section having a flattened profile and being provided as a flat braid formed of braided strands, said flat braid being formed around a portion of said first length of suture and a portion of said second length of suture, the flat braid being supported on said length of each said suture and having a width greater than the thickness of either suture, the lengths of said sutures passing through a portion of a length of said flat braid, but not being present in a midpoint area of said flat braid, said tape section having a first end and an opposed second end, and wherein said first length of suture extends outwardly from said first end and said second length of suture extends outwardly from said second end, said midpoint section of said flat braid being thinner than the rest of the tape section and visually recognizable by a surgeon performing a surgery; and (c) a bone anchor, defining an aperture and being engaged to said tape section by way of said tape section being threaded through said aperture and wherein said bone anchor naturally stays at said midpoint section, due to its relative thinness.