Morphix® Suture Anchor System – Surgical Technique Guide Morphix® Suture Anchor System – Surgical Technique | Page 5

Lateral Ankle Ligament Repair
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Select a 3.5 mm Morphix Suture Anchor with two USP #0 sutures with needles. With the
Inserter Knob in the “locked” position, fully insert the Morphix anchor eyelet into the hole until
the cannula on the handle is seated on the cortex (A-B).
Pearl #1. The wings of the Morphix Suture Anchor will deploy in the same orientation as the Inserter
Handle Wings. Ensure that the device is inserted so that the wings will deploy in sagittal plane and not
the coronal plane to avoid penetration into the ankle joint (A).
Pearl #2. To prevent possible damage to the eyelet assembly, ensure that the insertion trajectory matches
the trajectory of the hole created by the drill bit and the metal cannula is firmly seated on the bone (B).
A
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Rotate the Inserter Knob one-quarter turn counter-clockwise into the “unlocked” position,
indicated by an open padlock symbol (A). Manually depress the Inserter Knob to deploy the
anchor. A mallet may be used to gently tap on the Inserter Knob to fully deploy the anchor (B).
The anchor is fully deployed when the top of the Morphix Suture Anchor is slightly countersunk
to the surface of the bone and the Inserter Knob is flush with the Inserter Handle.
A
B
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