SOFT TISSUE FIXATION SYSTEM

摘要

A soft tissue fixation assembly includes a plurality of deformable bone anchors and a suture that is configured to fixedly attach to each of the bone anchors. One or more of the bone anchors can be inserted into a bone, and one or more of the bone anchors can be inserted through soft tissue and into the bone. The suture can be inserted through the bone anchors, and energy can be applied to the anchors, thereby causing a deformable material of the bone anchors to deform, thereby capturing the strand of suture in the bone anchor. The strand of suture can be placed in tension, and can extend over the soft tissue so as to retain the soft tissue in contact with the bone.

主权项

1. A bone anchor comprising:
a bone anchor body defining a proximal end, a distal end that is spaced from the proximal end along a longitudinal axis, and a perimeter that extends between the proximal end and the distal end, the bone anchor body defining at least one channel that extends into the perimeter, the channel configured to receive a strand of suture; wherein at least a portion of the bone anchor body comprises a deformation material that is responsive to an applied energy so as to deform at least a portion of the channel and capture the strand of suture therein with respect to movement relative to the bone anchor body.