US 12,569,239 B1Granted

Suturing procedure

AssigneeLoci Orthopaedics Limited

InventorsFilip Stockmans, Brendan Boland, Maria Larkin

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Abstract

A method of suturing a surgical site after implantation, in a carpometacarpal joint of a hand of a patient, of an implant assembly including a first implant having a first suture and a second suture secured to the first implant via a double-loop configuration, the first suture including a first and second suture ends, the second suture including third and fourth suture ends, the surgical site including a capsular flap substantially C-shaped and attached to a trapezial side of the hand, the method including: extending the first and third suture ends in first and second directions across the implant assembly and through first and second punctures, respectively, in the capsular flap; and extending the second and fourth suture ends through the second and first punctures, respectively, where the second and fourth suture ends do not cross over one another or any other suture end.

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Dependent claims

A method of suturing a surgical site after implantation, in a carpometacarpal (CMC) joint of a hand of a patient, of an implant assembly including a first implant having a first suture and a second suture anchored thereto, the first suture and the second suture each secured to the first implant via a double-loop configuration, the first suture and the second suture extending from the first implant, the first suture including a first suture end and a second suture end, the second suture including a third suture end and a fourth suture end, the surgical site including a capsular flap that is substantially C-shaped and attached to a trapezial side of the hand of the patient, the method comprising:

extending the first suture end of the first suture in a first direction across the implant assembly and through a first puncture in the capsular flap;
extending the third suture end of the second suture in a second direction across the implant assembly and through a second puncture in the capsular flap, such that the first suture end and the third suture end cross over one another;
extending the second suture end of the first suture through the second puncture in the capsular flap;
and
extending the fourth suture end of the second suture through the first puncture in the capsular flap,
wherein the second suture end and the fourth suture end do not cross over one another or any other suture end.

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A method of implanting in a surgical site of a patient, in a carpometacarpal (CMC) joint of a hand of the patient, an implant assembly including a first implant and a second implant, the first implant including a first suture and a second suture anchored thereto, the first suture and the second suture extending from the first implant, the surgical site including a substantially C-shaped capsular flap attached at a trapezial side of the hand of the patient, the method comprising:

implanting the first implant into a resected end of a first metacarpal of the patient;
implanting the second implant between the first implant and a trapezium of the patient;
extending a suture end of the first suture in a first direction across the second implant and through a capsular flap of the patient;
and
extending a suture end of the second suture in a second direction across the second implant and through the capsular flap of the patient, such that the suture ends cross over one another.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.