Patent ID: 8696703
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. The method of tying the suture for use in a medical procedure for repairing tissue in a rotator cuff of a patient wherein an anchor and suture lock combine to tie and lock the suture when the anchor is settled in the hole formed in the bone and is in place comprising the steps of: i) incising the skin of the patient in proximity to the location where the medical procedure is being performed; ii) scoring the bone in the rotator cuff of the patient; iii) providing a combined anchor and suture lock that includes a pin extending radially from an elongated shaft; iv) threading the suture through the suture lock and the tissue; v) inserting the anchor in a cavity formed in the bone; vi) simultaneously pulling the suture taut and securing the anchor into the bone whereby the motion of securing the anchor into the bone includes pulling on the elongated shaft to lock the suture in the suture lock and locks the anchor in the bone.