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US 11,446,135 B2Granted
Joint kinematic reconstruction techniques
AssigneeArthrex, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Adams, Alan Hirahara, Thomas Dooney, Jr., Stephen S. Burkhart
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Abstract
Methods for reconstructing a joint include fixating at least one suture inside a joint space, retrieving the at least one suture from inside the joint space, passing the at least one suture through a graft at a location external to the joint space, shuttling the graft into the joint space, and fixating the graft to bone using the at least one suture.
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A method for reconstructing a glenohumeral joint, comprising:
- inserting three or more suture anchors into a glenoid of the glenohumeral joint;
- inserting two or more suture anchors into a humerus of the glenohumeral joint;
- retrieving a first suture from one of the three or more suture anchors inserted into the glenoid;
- passing the first suture through a graft while the graft is positioned away from the glenohumeral joint;
- retrieving a second suture from one of the two or more suture anchors inserted into the humerus;
- passing the second suture through the graft;
- shuttling the graft to the glenohumeral joint;
- fixating the graft to the glenoid using the first suture;
- and
- fixating the graft to the humerus using the second suture,
- wherein passing the first suture through the graft occurs after inserting the three or more suture anchors into the glenoid.
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A method for reconstructing a glenohumeral joint, comprising:
- inserting three or more suture anchors into a glenoid of the glenohumeral joint;
- inserting two or more suture anchors into a humerus of the glenohumeral joint;
- retrieving a first suture from one of the three or more suture anchors inserted into the glenoid;
- passing the first suture through a graft while the graft is positioned away from the glenohumeral joint;
- retrieving a second suture from one of the two or more suture anchors inserted into the humerus;
- passing the second suture through the graft;
- retrieving a third suture and a fourth suture from other ones of the three or more suture anchors inserted into the glenoid when the first suture is retrieved;
- passing the third suture and the fourth suture through the graft when the first suture is passed through the graft;
- retrieving a fifth suture from another one of the two or more suture anchors inserted into the humerus when the second suture is retrieved;
- and
- passing the fifth suture through the graft when the second suture is passed through the graft;
- shuttling the graft to the glenohumeral joint;
- fixating the graft to the glenoid using the first suture;
- and
- fixating the graft to the humerus using the second suture.
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A method for reconstructing a glenohumeral joint, comprising:
- inserting a first suture anchor, a second suture anchor, and a third suture anchor into a glenoid of the glenohumeral joint;
- inserting a fourth suture anchor and a fifth suture anchor into a humerus of the glenohumeral joint;
- measuring relative distances between the inserted suture anchors;
- establishing an approximate graft size of a graft based at least on the relative distances;
- cutting the graft to the approximate graft size;
- retrieving a first suture from the first suture anchor, a second suture from the second suture anchor, and a third suture from the third suture anchor;
- passing the first suture, the second suture, and the third suture through the graft while the graft is positioned away from the glenohumeral joint;
- retrieving a fourth suture from the fourth suture anchor and a fifth suture from the fifth suture anchor;
- passing the fourth suture and the fifth suture through the graft;
- shuttling the graft to the glenohumeral joint;
- fixating the graft to the glenoid using the first suture, the second suture, and the third suture;
- and
- fixating the graft to the humerus using the fourth suture and the fifth suture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.