US Patent 11,045,190
(Issued June 29, 2021)
Core Claims: Covers surgical bone staple devices featuring a body with at least two prongs joined by a bridge, including barbs for fixation. Includes mechanisms for placing staples in bone, tendon, and muscle; optionally incorporates a suture loop for soft tissue attachment. Claims enable methods of low-impact fastener installation and may include features for improved compression and healing potential.
Key Elements: Two-prong staple, staple bracket, barbed prongs, suture loop, bridge structure, tissue fixation to bone.
US Patent 11,357,497
(Issued June 14, 2022)
Core Claims: Claims surgical sheath, staple, and scaffold bone anchor devices with integrated suture tightening mechanisms. Devices secure and tailor compression between soft tissue and bone, including systems where tension on suture tightens/expands anchor or scaffold within a bone channel. Multiple embodiments cover tubular sheaths, deployment systems, multi-legged or multi-member anchors, and methods for scaffold attachment.
Key Elements: Sheath anchor, suture tightening member, bone staple, scaffold attachment, modular fixation systems, orthopedic tissue-to-bone repair.
US Patent 11,992,204
(Issued May 28, 2024)
Core Claims: Extends the teachings of US 11,357,497. Covers staple devices, anchors, and scaffolds integrating sheaths and suture tightening members. Claims address direct and indirect affixation of soft tissue to bone via bone staples, anchors, and scaffold deployment systems. Includes innovations for tailored fixation, compression, and anchor/scaffold locking during surgery.
Key Elements: Sheath staple, anchor/scaffold integration, suture tightening actuation, methods for tailored tissue fixation, enhanced healing constructs
US Patent 12,011,154
(Issued June 18, 2024)
Core Claims: Describes a bone staple system using a sheath and at least two legs with curved portions. The suture passes through curved portions; tension on the ends expands the curved ends to secure the staple and compress soft tissue to bone. Also covers variations with multiple staple legs and design geometries to enhance fixation.
Key Elements: Staple sheath, curved legs, suture-based expansion, direct affixation, compression of soft tissue, enhanced pull-out force.
