Suture guide devices for preparing tendon grafts and methods incorporating the same

A suture guide device for preparing a ligament graft, comprising:

• a base including a coupling interface;
• a guide coupled to the base at the coupling interface, the guide having a width greater than the coupling interface and including a pair of suture guide patterns at opposing sides of the guide such that the pair of suture guide patterns extend outward relative to the base, the pair of suture guide patterns define a top interface and a bottom interface, wherein the bottom interface is operable to receive a graft thereon;
• and
• a plurality of slots extending through the pair of suture guide patterns between the top interface and the bottom interface, wherein each slot of the plurality of slots are sized to receive a needle therethrough;
• wherein the guide is configured to facilitate placement of a suture attached to the needle through at least one of the plurality of slots of the suture guide patterns such that the suture is received through the graft positioned along the bottom interface.

A method for preparing a ligament graft with a suture guide device, the method comprising:

• positioning the ligament graft along a bottom interface of a guide pattern of the suture guide device;
• inserting a needle with a suture attached thereto through a first slot of a plurality of slots extending through the guide pattern from a top interface that is opposite of the bottom interface such that the needle is received through the ligament graft positioned along the bottom interface of the guide pattern at a first suture location;
• and
• inserting the needle with the suture attached thereto through a second slot of the plurality of slots extending through the guide pattern from the top interface such that the needle is received through the ligament graft at a second suture location, wherein the second slot is laterally offset from the first slot at a predetermined distance such that the second suture location is separated from the first suture location by the predetermined distance.