BONE ANCHOR DELIVERY SYSTEM DEVICE WITH SUTURES

摘要

The device (10) has a handle assembly (40) and a bone anchor driver assembly (20). The handle assembly (40) has an upper handle portion (50) and a lower handle portion (60) as illustrated. The upper or lower handle portion is rotatable relative to the other handle portion. A bone anchor driver assembly (20) is for rotatably driving a bone anchor (12) into a hole in a bone is provided. The bone anchor driver assembly (20) is fixed to one of either the upper or lower handle portions (50 or 60).

主权项

1. A bone anchor delivery system device comprises:
a handle; an elongated drive shaft fixed to the handle, the drive shaft having a hollow stem extending from the handle to a leading end, the leading end having a tip portion, the tip portion having a pair of openings for receiving sutures and at least one flat surface extending along the tip lengthwise to rotationally fix a bone anchor to the drive shaft, and a bone anchor having a hollow end opening for attachment on said tip, the bone anchor having at least one pair of suture openings, each pair of suture openings being within a thread channel formed by two adjacent threads, of the two openings of the pair being within 90 degrees of the other and extending into the hollow end opening; a suture threaded and looped through the at least one pair of suture openings, the suture extending from the bone anchor through one of the tip openings internally through the hollow stem.