Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Graft fixation using a plug against suture
- Patent Title (中): 移植物固定使用插塞针对缝合
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Application No.: US12022868Application Date: 2008-01-30
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Publication No.: US07993369B2Publication Date: 2011-08-09
- Inventor: Peter J. Dreyfuss
- Applicant: Peter J. Dreyfuss
- Applicant Address: US FL Naples
- Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Naples
- Agency: Dickstein Shapiro LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04 ; A61B17/56

Abstract:
A method for securing soft tissue to bone which does not require the surgeon to tie suture knots to secure the tissue to the bone. Suture is passed through the graft at desired points. A cannulated plug or screw is pre-loaded onto the distal end of a driver provided with an eyelet implant at its distal end. Suture attached to the graft is passed through the eyelet of the implant located at the distal end of the driver. The distal end of the driver together with the eyelet implant is inserted into the bone. Tension is applied to the suture to position the graft at the desired location relative to the bone. The screw or plug is advanced into the pilot hole by turning the interference screw or tapping the plug until the cannulated screw or plug securely engages and locks in the eyelet implant, so that the cannulated plug or screw with the engaged eyelet implant is flush with the bone. Once the screw or plug is fully inserted and the suture is impacted into the bone, the driver is removed and any loose ends of the sutures protruding from the anchor site are then clipped short.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080215091A1 GRAFT FIXATION USING A PLUG AGAINST SUTURE Public/Granted day:2008-09-04
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