Patent ID: 7758598
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A combination knotting element and suture anchor applicator, the applicator comprising: a cannulated needle; a first knotting element portion releaseably engaged with said needle; a second knotting element portion releaseably engaged with said needle; a knotting element deployment actuator abutting said second knotting element portion; and an anchor deployment actuator in communication with the interior of said needle; wherein said knotting element deployment actuator and said anchor deployment actuator are slidably manipulable from a proximal handle of said applicator, and said knotting element deployment actuator and said anchor deployment actuator are held in a coaxial relationship with each other; wherein said knotting element deployment actuator and said anchor deployment actuator are independently manipulable from the proximal handle of said applicator.