Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ligament fixation device and method
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Application No.: US16697679Application Date: 2019-11-27
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Publication No.: US11406488B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Timothy R. Hoover , Kenneth T. Helenbolt , Peter S. Borden , Yasuyuki Ishibashi
- Applicant: ARTHREX, INC.
- Applicant Address: US FL Naples
- Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
- Current Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Naples
- Agency: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.
- Main IPC: A61F2/08
- IPC: A61F2/08 ; A61B17/04

Abstract:
Systems and methods for providing fixation of soft tissue (for example, ligament) to bone by employing a novel multi-piece device. The novel multi-piece device is a ligament fixation system consisting of a larger collar that is initially impacted into a bone aperture, and a smaller plug/bullet-shaped part that is impacted into the larger collar. During ligament repair/reconstruction, the graft is inserted into a bone tunnel with sutures from the graft extending outside the tunnel. The sutures are passed through a collar of the multi-part device and the collar is then inserted into the bone tunnel. The graft suture strands may be tensioned. Subsequently, the smaller plug/bullet-shaped part is impacted into the collar thereby maintaining the tension on the graft sutures. The plug/bullet-shaped part is tightened after the desired tension on the suture is achieved.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200093587A1 LIGAMENT FIXATION DEVICE AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2020-03-26
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