Patent ID: 8523903
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of attaching a partially torn rotator cuff tendon to its associated humeral head, the method comprising the steps of: passing a postional guid through the tendon toward the humeral head at a target site; positioning a suture anchor between the humeral head and the tendon at the target site by passing the suture anchor laterally under the tendon; driving the suture anchor into the humeral head; and passing suture from the suture anchor and through the tendon to attach the tendon to the humeral head at the target site; and wherein the suture anchor comprises a first portion and a second portion which can assemble with each other and wherein the step of positioning the suture anchor at the target site comprises the steps of passing the first portion and the second portion in a disassembled state laterally under the tendon and then assembling the first portion to the second portion around the positional guide.