Patent ID: 8814905
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical filament snare assembly, comprising: an anchor capable of being fixated in bone and having at least one passage and a filament engagement feature, the filament engagement feature being located at a distal end of the anchor and the at least one passage extending from a proximal end of the anchor and toward the filament engagement feature; and a first filament having a noose on a first portion of at least a first limb and having a second portion extending into the passage to engage the filament engagement feature of the anchor, the noose capable of receiving at least one end of a free filament limb and strangulating it when tension is applied to at least one of the free filament limb and the noose, wherein an entire inner perimeter of a closed loop formed by the noose is remote from the filament engagement feature.