Tissue fixation device

US8034090B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC · US

Inventors

• Kevin T. Stone · Winona Lake, US
• H. Gene Hawkins · Warsaw, US
• Zachary M. Hoffman · Warsaw, US
• Gregory J. Denham · Warsaw, US
• Troy M. Walters · Plymouth, US
• Ryan A. Kaiser · Leesburg, US
• Jason D. Meridew · Syracuse, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 21, 2006
• Grant date: Oct 11, 2011
• Expiry date: Dec 6, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2002/2839
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for securing a graft to a bone includes forming a tunnel in the bone, positioning the graft in the tunnel, and securing the graft in the tunnel with an anchor. The method also includes attaching a distal end of an elongated anchor sleeve to a proximal end of the anchor and inserting a pre-compressed harvested bone material having a cruciate cross-section through the anchor sleeve into to a bore defined in the anchor. The bore has a mating cruciate cross-section. The method also includes removing the anchor sleeve after inserting the bone material into the anchor.