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US 8,784,426 B2Granted
Double-loop endobutton, ovoid tunnel guide, and method of ACL re-construction using the ovoid tunnel guide and the double-loop endobutton
AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorsGraham Smith, Anastasios Dimitrios Georgoulis
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Abstract
A graft attachment apparatus including at least two separately formed filament loops, and a fixation member comprising at least one opening configured to receive the at least two separately formed filament loops. The at least two separately formed filament loops are coupled to the fixation member. Further, each of the at least two separately formed filament loops are continuous loops.
Claims25
A method for ligament construction comprising the step(s) of:
- providing a guide configured to guide at least one guide pin into a bone and a fixation device having at least two separately-formed suture loops,
- separately coupling a first graft directly to one of the at least two separately-formed suture loops and a second graft directly to another of the at least two separately-formed suture loops;
- forming an oval-shaped socket within a bone;
- drawing the fixation device through the oval-shaped socket;
- orienting the first graft and the second graft within the oval-shaped socket;
- wherein said forming an oval-shaped socket includes forming an oval-shaped socket within the bone so as to have a first portion and a second portion;
- and wherein said orienting includes orienting the first graft so as to be disposed in the first portion of the oval-shaped socket and orienting the second graft so as to be disposed in the second portion of the oval-shaped socket;
- securing the fixation device on an exterior surface of the bone.
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A method for ligament construction comprising the steps of:
- providing a guide having a first and a second hole for receiving at least two guide pins and providing a fixation device having at least two separately-formed suture loops and at least one opening, each of the at least two separately-formed suture loops being received in the at least one opening;
- directly coupling a first graft to one of the at least two separately-formed suture loops and a second graft to another of the at least two separately-formed suture loops;
- forming an oval-shaped socket within a bone using the guide pins;
- drawing the fixation device through the oval-shaped socket;
- orienting the first graft and the second graft within the oval-shaped socket so as to be in a desired orientation;
- wherein said forming an oval-shaped socket includes forming an oval-shaped socket within the bone so as to have a first portion and a second portion;
- and wherein said orienting includes orienting the first graft so as to be disposed in the first portion of the oval-shaped socket and orienting the second graft so as to be disposed in the second portion of the oval-shaped socket;
- securing the fixation device on an exterior surface of the bone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.