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US 9,750,599 B2Granted
Tissue fixation system with auxiliary plate
AssigneeDePuy Mitek, LLC
InventorDavid B. Spenciner
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Abstract
A tissue fixation system provides a primary fixation plate with a depending graft retention loop and a longer auxiliary fixation plate which fits to the primary fixation plate via upwardly projecting pegs which fit into suture holes in the primary fixation plate. The system has particular utility in cortical fixation procedures in which a graft channel is over-drilled and a longer fixation plate is indicated.
Claims12
A tissue fixation device comprising:
- a first fixation plate comprising an elongated body having a first end and a second end with a length therebetween, a first suture aperture at the first end, and a central graft support loop depending therefrom;
- a second fixation plate receiving the first fixation plate and comprising an upper surface having a first peg projecting upwardly therefrom through the first suture aperture of the first fixation plate, a first suture projecting through the first suture aperture of the first fixation plate, and wherein the second fixation plate has a length exceeding the length between the first end and the second end of the first fixation plate;
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- wherein the first fixation plate further comprises a second suture aperture and wherein the second fixation plate further comprises a second peg projecting upwardly therefrom through the second suture aperture of the first plate, and a second suture projecting through the second suture aperture of the first fixation plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.