Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cross pinning guide devices and methods
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Application No.: US14088649Application Date: 2013-11-25
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Publication No.: US09271745B2Publication Date: 2016-03-01
- Inventor: Jose E. Lizardi , Peter Reynaert , Stephen J. Orphanos , David B. Spenciner
- Applicant: DePuy Mitek, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MA Raynham
- Assignee: DEPUY MITEK, LLC
- Current Assignee: DEPUY MITEK, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Raynham
- Main IPC: A61B17/17
- IPC: A61B17/17

Abstract:
Methods and devices are provided for implanting a cross-pin through a bone tunnel, such as in an arthroscopic surgical procedure. In general, the methods and devices allow a cross-pin hole to be formed in a medial side of a knee bone such that it intersects a bone tunnel formed in the knee bone. In one embodiment, a cross-pinning guide device is provided that can be configured to angularly position the cross-pin hole relative to the bone tunnel to allow the cross-pin hole to intersect the bone tunnel without passing through another side, e.g., a lateral side, of the knee bone. The knee bone can be a femur or a tibia such that the cross-pin hole and the bone tunnel can each be entirely formed in the femur or in the tibia.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140081276A1 CROSS PINNING GUIDE DEVICES AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2014-03-20
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