Methods of making reinforced soft tissue grafts with suture loop/needle constructs
AssigneeArthrex, Inc.
InventorsJames J. Guerra, Jacob A. Jolly, Dustin T. Libby, Thomas M. Deberardino
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Abstract
A method of reinforcing a biological construct according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, attaching a suture loop/needle construct to a reinforcement material and stitching the reinforcement material to a biological construct to form a reinforced biological construct. The reinforcement material is attached to the suture loop/needle construct prior to approximating the reinforcement material to the biological construct.
Claims20
A method of reinforcing a biological construct, comprising:
- attaching a suture/needle construct to a reinforcement material;
- and
- whipstitching the reinforcement material to a biological construct to form a reinforced biological construct, wherein the whipstitching includes:
- passing the suture/needle construct through the reinforcement material and the biological construct multiple times to create multiple stitches in the reinforcement material and the biological construct,
- wherein the reinforcement material is pre-assembled to a suture loop/button construct and includes an eyelet configured to receive a suture loop of the suture loop/button construct.
A method of reinforcing a biological construct , comprising:
- attaching a suture/needle construct to a reinforcement material;
- and
- whipstitching the reinforcement material to a biological construct to form a reinforced biological construct, wherein the whipstitching includes:
- passing the suture/needle construct through the reinforcement material and the biological construct multiple times to create multiple stitches in the reinforcement material and the biological construct,
- wherein a suture loop/button construct is attached to the reinforced biological construct,
- wherein the biological construct is a graft,
- wherein the suture/needle construct includes a continuous suture loop,
- wherein the continuous suture loop is fixedly attached to the reinforcement material,
- wherein the continuous suture loop of the suture/needle construct is knotted or swedged to the reinforcement material.
A method of reinforcing a biological construct, comprising:
- whipstitching a reinforcement material to a graft with a suture/needle construct to form a reinforced graft, wherein the whipstitching includes:
- passing the suture/needle construct through the reinforcement material and the graft multiple times to create multiple stitches in the reinforcement material and the graft,
- wherein a suture loop/button construct is pre-assembled to the reinforcement material and includes a suture loop received through an eyelet of the reinforcement material, and
- wherein the suture/needle construct includes a length of suture that is knotted or swedged to the reinforcement material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.