Patent ID: 8267973

Claim:
A fixable suture anchor plate for a rotator cuff to humerus repair, the humerus including a proximal humeral bony anatomy and contour, the rotator cuff to humerus repair performed with a first suture passed through the rotator cuff and one of a plurality of bone tunnels formed in the humerus for attachment to the fixable suture anchor plate and a second suture passed through the rotator cuff for attachment to the fixable suture anchor plate the fixable suture anchor plate comprising: an anchor plate comprising a “D” shaped peripheral edge configuration consisting of a single straight peripheral edge portion, joined at a first end to a first end of a single continuously curving peripheral edge portion, the substantially straight peripheral edge portion joined at a second end to a second end of the single curving peripheral edge portion, the anchor plate including a concave medial surface; a plurality of threaded screw apertures formed in the anchor plate, each of the plurality of threaded screw apertures adapted to accept a screw for fixing the anchor plate with respect to the proximal end of the humerus bone; a plurality of tunnel apertures formed through the anchor plate, each of the a plurality of tunnel apertures configured to communicate with one of the plurality of bone tunnels to permit passage of the first suture through at least one of the plurality of tunnel apertures; one or more suture passages formed through the anchor plate, the one or more suture passages located proximate to an upper edge of the anchor plate; and one or more grooves formed on the medial side of the anchor plate along the upper edge of the anchor plate, each of the one or more grooves communicating with at least one of the one or more suture passages, the one or more grooves and one or more suture passages configured to permit passage of the second suture through one of the one or more grooves and a communicating suture passage.