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US 2012/0071976 A1Published application
Implantable cross-pin for anterior cruciate ligament repair
AssigneeDePuy Mitek, LLC
InventorsThomas C. May, Greg Whittaker
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Abstract
A novel cross-pin for use in ACL reconstructive surgical procedures. The cross-pin has an elongated body having a distal tapered end. A guide wire opening in the distal end is in communication with a tunnel contained in the distal end. There is a trough extending into the outer surface of the trough for receiving a guide wire. The trough is in communication with the tunnel.
Claims8
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A method of securing an end of an ACL ligament implant in a bone tunnel, comprising;
- drilling an axial, femoral tunnel in a femur;
- drilling a transverse tunnel in the femur, said transverse tunnel intersecting the femoral tunnel;
- placing a guide wire through the transverse tunnel such that opposed ends of the guide wire extend out through opposed end of the transverse tunnel, and such that the guide wire is beneath an end of an ACL implant;
- moving the end of the ACL implant into the femoral tunnel;
- threading a cross-pin onto the guide wire, the cross-pin being longitudinally elongated and having a longitudinal trough along its outer surface and intersecting with a passageway extending to a distal tip of the cross-pin, and wherein after threading the guide wire passes through the passageway and the trough;
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- moving the cross-pin over the guide wire to implant the cross-pin in the transverse tunnel, under the end of the ACL implant.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.