US 12,167,848 B2
Bone anchor delivery system
Carolyn Marie Krasniak, Melrose, MA (US); and Cori Grace Pierce, Salem, NH (US)
Assigned to Smith & Nephew, Inc.; Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Zug (CH); and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Singapore (SG)
Filed by Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US); Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Zug (CH); and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Singapore (SG)
Filed on Feb. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/106,148.
Application 18/106,148 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/049624, filed on Sep. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/076,800, filed on Sep. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0181186 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/068 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0642 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/0682 (2013.01); A61B 17/072 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A delivery system for delivering an anchor member to a bone of a patient the system comprising:
a bone punch including an elongate shaft, a head at a proximal end of the elongate shaft, and a piercing tip at a distal end of the elongate shaft, wherein the piercing tip is configured to be driven into the bone, wherein a distal end of the piercing tip includes an enlarged region having a diameter;
an anchor member surrounding a proximal portion of the piercing tip extending proximal of the enlarged region with the enlarged region of the piercing tip extending distal of the anchor member;
wherein the anchor member is configured to penetrate the bone of the patient in cooperation with the piercing tip;
wherein the diameter of the enlarged region is greater than a diameter of the proximal portion of the piercing tip that the anchor member surrounds.