Process for endosteal ligament mounting
US5393302A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 11, 1993 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 11, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2002/0882
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A process that utilizes a tendon threader for positioning and endosteally mounting a tendon within the endosteum of a closed tunnel end of a straight ligament tunnel that has been formed in a patient's knee in an arthroscopic surgical procedure for replacement of a cruciate ligament. The preferred tendon threader for use in a practice of the process includes a straight tubular body, with a handle arranged on one end, and the other tube end includes a pair of aligned wide longitudinal slots formed, with tube end remainder portions adjacent to which wide longitudinal slots each having a small longitudinal slot formed therein, the small slots for receiving a tendon, or a suture sewn onto the end of a tendon, fitted therein, forming a loop across the tube end. In a practice of the process the tendon threader is inserted into the straight ligament tunnel to where the tendon or suture loop is proximate to a ligament tunnel section end. Which procedure may be observed on a fluoroscopic monitor or utilizing an arthroscope fitted in the tendon threader tubular body. Whereat, a surgeon turns a pin into the side of the patient's knee, that travels through the ligament tunnel section and throu…
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