Method for preparing a bone-tendon-bone core graft
AssigneeArthrex, Inc.
InventorsReinhold Schmieding, Craig D. Morgan
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Abstract
A method for preparing a bone-tendon-bone core graft. A bone core is harvested from a patient and divided into two separate bone core halves. The bone core halves are inserted onto holding pins which are movably spaced along a work station. A harvested tendon is secured with suture onto the bone core halves, with the tendon extending therebetween to form the bone-tendon-bone core graft. The holding pins are supported by blocks which are moved apart along the work station to tension the bone-tendon-bone graft.
Claims9
A method for preparing a bone-tendon-bone graft using a tendon graft work station having first and second holding pins movable with respect to each other along the work station, comprising the steps of:
- mounting first and second bone core halves onto the first and second holding pins, respectively;
- securing a harvested tendon on the first and second bone core halves, the tendon extending between the bone core halves to form the bone-tendon-bone graft;
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- tensioning the bone-tendon-bone graft by moving the holding pins apart along the work station.
A method for tensioning a patellar tendon autograft using a tendon graft work station having first and second holding pins movable with respect to each other along the work station, comprising the steps of:
- mounting first and second bone cores of a bone-patellar-bone autograft onto the first and second holding pins, respectively;
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- tensioning the bone-patellar-bone autograft by moving the holding pins apart along the work station.
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