Patent ID: 9198651
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for inserting an anchor into a hole in bodily tissue, the method comprising the steps of: a) disposing the anchor onto an anchor inserter having a shaft with a first axis and a driving tip extending distally from a distal end of the shaft, the driving tip being engaged to the anchor at an anchor engaging interface of the driving tip; b) applying a distally directed force to the suture anchor via an abutment member adjacent the driving tip and which extends distally from the shaft to abut the anchor, the force urging the anchor into the hole; and c) during at least a portion of the performance of step b), bending the driving tip at a resiliency therealong such that the driving tip bends away from the first axis at a location distal of the abutment member.