US 2026/0083549 A1Published application

Card holder for suture constructs

AssigneeRiverpoint Medical, LLC

InventorsNathan Daniel Cook, John Thomas Ferguson, Edwin Anderson, Elliot Bixby

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Abstract

A method of using a suture construct that is engaged and organized onto a card holder. The card holder includes a number of different retention features for maintaining and organizing the suture construct and its respective free ends for ease of use during surgery. The suture construct has an oblong button defining at least a first aperture and a second aperture; a suture assembly, engaged to the button and defining a lumen; and a shuttle assembly, having a loop end in the form of a shuttle loop, and a free end, and passing through the lumen between the loop end and the free end. In the method, the suture assembly is engaged to the tendon graft and the shuttle is used to pull a portion of the suture assembly through the lumen. Finally, the suture construct is disengaged from the card holder.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A card holder for a suture construct comprising:

a card body, the card body including a card body material, a first portion, a second portion and a third portion, the second portion is disposed between the first portion and the third portion, the card body further comprises a first opening and a second opening;
and
a plastic insert, the plastic insert comprises a plastic insert material, a first end, a second end, a first suture holder, a second suture holder, a button holder and a graft holder, the first suture holder and the second suture holder disposed adjacent to the first end, the button holder and the graft holder are disposed adjacent to the second end;
the plastic insert removably connected to the card body, the first suture holder of the plastic insert extends through the first suture holder opening of the card body and the second suture holder extends through the second suture holder opening of the card body.

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Facts

Application: 19/408,091Filed 3 Dec 2025
Priority: 11 Aug 2020
Published: 26 Mar 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

A61B 17/0401
For suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials: suture anchors, buttons or pledgets, i.e. means for attaching sutures to…
A61F 2/0811
Muscles; Tendons; Ligaments: fixation devices for tendons or ligaments
A61B 17/0485
For suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials: devices or means, e.g. loops, for capturing the suture thread and…
A61B 17/06061
Needles ; Sutures; Needle-suture combinations; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials: holders for needles or sutures, e.g. racks, stands

Family

Application63/064,291Us provisional application · filed 11 Aug 2020
Application17/399,746Continuation · filed 11 Aug 2021
Application19/408,091Continuation
US 12,508,122 B1Related patent
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