Dual tendon bundle
AssigneeBiomet Manufacturing, LLC
InventorNicholas Missos
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to methods for preparing a dual tendon bundle that is useful as a replacement ligament or tendon graft for, for example, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. More particularly, the dual tendon bundle prepared according to the present invention has a functional cross section diameter and/or a minimum length that meets or exceeds the standard requirements for replacement ligament or tendon grafts. The present invention further relates to the dual tendon bundle prepared by the disclosed methods and packages comprising the same. Methods of using the dual tendon bundle prepared according to the present invention by providing the dual tendon bundle thus obtained for implanting into a patient in need thereof are also provided.
Claims10
A dual tendon bundle comprising a first tendon graft and a second tendon graft, each of the first tendon graft and the second tendon graft comprises a head end and a tail end with the head end being wider than the tail end, wherein the first tendon graft is placed on top of the second tendon graft in such way that the head end of the first tendon graft is together with the tail end of the second tendon graft and the head end of the second tendon graft is together with the tail end of the first tendon graft, and wherein the head end of the first tendon graft is wrapped around the tail end of the second tendon graft and the head end of the second tendon graft is wrapped around the tail end of the first tendon graft.
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