Anatomic soft tissue repair
AssigneeBiomet Sports Medicine, LLC
InventorsDaniel Norton, Kevin T. Stone
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Abstract
A method for repairing soft tissue. The method includes: forming a first bone hole; forming a second bone hole; connecting a first portion of the first bone hole to a second portion of the second bone hole to form a single bone bore; positioning at least a first anchor of a first suture construct at a distal end of the first bone hole, and positioning a second anchor of a second suture construct at a distal end of the second bone hole; connecting the first and the second suture constructs to the soft tissue; and drawing the soft tissue into the single bone bore with the first and the second suture constructs.
Claims22
A method for repairing soft tissue comprising:
- forming a first bone hole;
- forming a second bone hole;
- connecting a first portion of the first bone hole to a second portion of the second bone hole to form a single bone bore;
- positioning at least a first anchor of a first suture construct at a distal end of the first bone hole, and positioning a second anchor of a second suture construct at a distal end of the second bone hole;
- connecting the first and the second suture constructs to the soft tissue;
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- drawing the soft tissue into the single bone bore with the first and the second suture constructs.
A method for repairing soft tissue comprising:
- inserting a first guide wire in a bone to define a first bone hole;
- inserting a second guide wire in the bone proximate to the first guide wire to define a second bone hole proximate to the first bone hole;
- enlarging a proximal portion of each of the first bone hole and the second bone hole such that the proximal portions of the first and the second bone holes are connected;
- positioning a first anchor of a first suture construct at a distal end of the first bone hole, and positioning a second anchor of a second suture construct at a distal end of the second bone hole;
- connecting a first suture of the first suture construct to a first portion of soft tissue, and connecting a second suture of the second suture construct to a second portion of soft tissue;
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- drawing the first and second portions of soft tissue into the proximal portions of each of the first and second bone holes by pulling a first end of the first suture construct to close a first loop of the first suture construct, and by pulling a second end of the second suture construct to close a second loop of the second suture construct;
- wherein the first and the second portions of soft tissue are portions of separate pieces of tissue or portions of a single piece of tissue.
A method for repairing soft tissue comprising:
- forming a bone hole extending through a first cortical bone layer, a cancellous bone layer, and a second cortical bone layer on a side of the cancellous bone layer opposite to the first cortical bone layer;
- expanding a diameter of the formed bone hole at the first cortical bone layer and the cancellous bone layer only;
- positioning a first anchor of a first suture construct at a distal end of the bone hole beyond the second cortical bone layer;
- positioning a second anchor of a second suture construct at a distal end of the bone hole beyond the second cortical bone layer;
- connecting the first and the second suture constructs to soft tissue;
- drawing the soft tissue into the bone hole by pulling a first end of the first suture construct and by pulling a second end of the second suture construct.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.