Suture management and tensioning devices and methods for soft tissue reconstruction or bone-to-bone fixation
AssigneeCayenne Medical, Inc.
InventorJordan A. Hoof
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Abstract
An adjustable, stand-alone tensioning system requires no additional fixturing, weights, or bone surface modification, and allows a single practitioner to provide an adjustable and repeatable tension to a soft tissue graft, and to install the final fixation implant. Its design facilitates introduction of the suture component of the graft into the tensioning process by simplifying retention of the suture. An even, regulated and reproducible tension is easily achieved without requiring the practitioner to manually pull on the suture strands to maintain graft tension.
Claims4
A suture management device for use during an orthopedic procedure comprising:
- a first body, a center portion and a second body wherein said first body and said second body are each connected to said center portion such that the first and second bodies are symmetric about the center portion and wherein the first body extends away from the center portion longitudinally in a first direction and the second body extends away from the center portion longitudinally in a second direction directly opposed to said first direction, the center portion being C-shaped, each of the first and second bodies further comprising:
- a surface disposed on the first and second bodies and structured for resting portions of a patient's body for stabilizing the suture management device relative to a procedural site within the patient's body;
- a structure accommodating a length of suture;
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- a tensioning apparatus comprising a suture tensioning spring;
- wherein the tensioning apparatuses of each of the first and second bodies are disposed, respectively, on each of the first and second bodies, so that the respective suture tensioning springs of each suture tensioning apparatus are aligned longitudinally with one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.