Method and apparatus for coupling soft tissue to bone
AssigneeBiomet Sports Medicine, LLC
InventorJacy C. Hoeppner
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for securing a suture to bone can include grasping a first suture portion with a grasping member on a positioning tool. The first suture portion can be located into a first cannulation defined in the positioning tool. A cutting member can be advanced through a second cannulation defined on the positioning tool and out through a distal opening defined on the positioning tool. A first bone hole can be cut into the bone with the cutting member. A flexible member advancing tool can be advanced through the first cannulation. The first suture portion can be urged out of the distal opening and into the first bone hole.
Claims15
A method of securing a suture to bone, comprising:
- grasping a first suture portion with a grasping member on a positioning tool;
- locating the first suture portion into a first cannulation defined in the positioning tool;
- advancing a cutting member through a second cannulation defined on the positioning tool and out through a distal opening defined on the positioning tool;
- cutting a first bone hole into the bone with the cutting member;
- advancing a flexible member advancing tool through the first cannulation;
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- urging the first suture portion out of the distal opening and into the first bone hole.
A method of securing a suture to bone, comprising:
- actuating an arm movably coupled to a positioning tool from a normally closed position to an open grasping position;
- grasping a first suture portion with the grasping member;
- locating the first suture portion relative to a first cannulation defined on the positioning tool;
- locating the positioning tool at a first position against a bone surface;
- advancing a cutting member through a second cannulation defined on the positioning tool and out through a distal opening defined on the positioning tool;
- cutting a first bone hole into the first bone hole with the cutting member;
- with the positioning tool at the first position, advancing a flexible member advancing tool through the first cannulation;
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- urging the first suture portion out of the distal opening and into the first bone hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.