Soft tissue sock enhancement devices

US7740657B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventors

• Charles H. Brown, Jr. · Wellesley, US
• Bernard J. Bourque · Taunton, US
• Rebecca A. Blough · West Warwick, US
• Michael C. Ferragamo · Foster, US
• Raymond A. Bojarski · Attleboro, US
• Paul Alexander Torrie · Marblehead, US
• Ben K. Graf · Boston, US
• Fraser Harvie · Scotland, GB
• Steve Ek · Bolton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 3, 2007
• Grant date: Jun 22, 2010
• Expiry date: Jun 26, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S623/908
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A sheath for organizing soft tissue includes a first tube having a flexible body sized and shaped to receive a fixation device, and a second tube coupled to the first tube having a flexible body sized and shaped to receive a soft tissue graft. A method for implanting soft tissue in a bone tunnel includes coupling a soft tissue graft to a sheath assembly; and positioning the sheath assembly relative to the soft tissue graft based on a measured depth of a bone tunnel. A set of surgical devices for implanting soft tissue grafts in a bone tunnel includes a sheath assembly, a measurement device for measuring the depth of the bone tunnel, a securing element configured to secure the sheath assembly to the soft tissue graft at a position determined by the measured bone tunnel depth, and a tensioning device configured to organize a plurality of soft tissue grafts.