| 摘要 |
A method of anchoring a suture into a pilot hole in bone, utilizing a suture anchor. A lumen-defining circular soft wall, having a first and second end, is slidably engaged to a piece of suture, a first length of which extends from the first end of the wall and is threaded through the lumen from the second end, and a second length of which extends from the second end and is threaded through the lumen from the first end. The suture anchor is introduced into the pilot hole so that the first length and second length of suture material extend out of the pilot hole. The first length and second length are pulled on alternately, thereby permitting the suture anchor structure to slide on the piece of suture material, and to be compacted evenly by the pulling, until the suture anchor is set in the pilot hole. |
| 主权项 |
1. A suture assembly, including a soft anchor, comprising:
(a) a piece of suture material; (b) a soft structure, of greater diameter and a shorter length than said piece of suture material and having a circular soft wall, defining an interior lumen and having a first end and a second end opposed to said first end; (c) wherein said first piece of suture material extends longitudinally through said circular soft wall in such a manner that said soft structure can slide along said piece of suture material and thereby defining a first length of said piece of suture material, extending from engagement with said circular soft wall at said first end and a second length of said piece of suture material, extending from engagement with said circular soft wall at said second end; and (d) wherein said first length is threaded through said lumen, entering at said second end, thereby forming a loop, and said second length is threaded through said lumen, entering at said first end, thereby forming a loop and thereby forming an anchor made up of said circular soft wall and said loops and said first and second lengths extending outward and thereby being available for attachment to anatomical structures. |
