Attachment device to attach tissue graft
AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorBen K Graf
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Abstract
A tissue graft attachment device includes a platform member including a first edge and a second edge connected to the first edge by a top side and a substantially curved bottom side. The platform member defines a slot extending between the first edge and the second edge, a first opening between the slot and the first edge, and a second opening between the slot and the second edge. The tissue graft attachment device includes a first filament passing through the first opening, a second filament passing through the second opening, and a graft connecting element passing through the slot to form a loop.
Claims15
A tissue graft attachment device comprising:
- a platform member comprising:
- a first edge and a second edge connected to the first edge by a top side and a substantially curved bottom side;
- a first side surface and a second side surface, each of the first side surface and the second side surface connecting the first edge, the second edge, the top surface and the bottom surface;
- a slot formed through the platform member from the first side surface to the second side surface, the slot extending between a location closer to the first edge and a substantially central location between the first edge and the second edge;
- a first opening extending through the platform member from the first side surface to the second side surface, the first opening at a location between the slot and the first edge;
- and
- a second opening extending through the platform member from the first side surface to the second side surface, the second opening at a location between the slot and closer to the second edge;
- wherein a portion of the first and second side surfaces extending from the substantially central location to the second opening, and from the top side to the bottom side, defines a solid surface.
A tissue graft attachment device comprising:
- a platform member including a first edge and a second edge connected to the first edge by a top side and a bottom side, the platform member defining a slot extending between the first edge and the second edge;
- a graft connecting element passing through the slot to form a loop;
- and
- a filament coupled to the platform member and the graft connecting element such that manipulating the filament moves the graft connecting element in the slot;
- wherein a first end of the filament passing through the slot after being passed through a first opening between the slot and the first edge comprises the first end passing through the loop formed by the graft connecting element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.