Patent ID: 9050079
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for using a suture anchor to engage a soft tissue to a bone comprising: forming an access hole in a bone, the access hole having a diameter and extending through a cortical bone into a cancellous bone; providing a suture anchor to the access hole, the suture anchor comprising at least one suture material connected to a base and a balloon portion engaged to a catheter and being capable of expanding from a deflated state having a deflated diameter to an inflated state having an inflated diameter when a light curable adhesive is delivered to the balloon portion, wherein the base directly engages the balloon portion and is adapted to rotate relative to the catheter as the balloon portion expands from the deflated state to the inflated state; placing the suture anchor into the cancellous bone while the balloon portion is in a deflated state and the at least one suture material extends from the cancellous bone through the compact outer layer of the bone; delivering a light curable adhesive to the balloon portion to expand the balloon portion from the deflated state to the inflated state, wherein the inflated diameter is greater than the diameter of the access hole; and activating a light source to deliver light to the light curable adhesive in the balloon portion to cure the light curable adhesive.