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US 2013/0085503 A1Published application
Ovoid tunnel guide and method of acl reconstruction
AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorsGraham Smith, Alexander John Gutteridge, James Richard Robinson, Daniel B. Ellis
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Abstract
A guide apparatus including a body having a proximal end, a distal end, a hole formed therethrough, and a central axis defined therethrough, and a projection member coupled to the distal end of the body. An outer diameter of the body is larger than an outer diameter of the projection member. Further, the projection member does not obstruct a pathway defined by the hole.
Claims17
A guide apparatus comprising:
- a body having a proximal end, a distal end, a hole formed therethrough, and a central axis defined therethrough;
- and
- a projection member coupled to the distal end of the body,
- wherein an outer diameter of the body is larger than an outer diameter of the projection member,
- wherein the projection member does not obstruct a pathway defined by the hole.
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A method for ligament construction comprising:
- providing a guide configured to allow a drill to drill an oval-shaped tunnel within a bone;
- providing a fixation device having at least two separately-formed suture loops,
- wherein a first graft and a second graft are coupled to the at least two suture loops;
- drilling an oval-shaped tunnel through a bone with the drill, using the guide;
- drawing the fixation device through the oval-shaped tunnel;
- orienting the first graft and the second graft within the oval-shaped tunnel;
- and
- securing the fixation device on an exterior surface of the bone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.