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US6132433:
Apparatus of loading tendons into the knee
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Whelan, Jeffery M.; Sugarland, TX
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| Assignee: |
Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL
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| Published / Filed: |
2000-10-17
/ 1999-07-02
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| Application Number: |
US1999000346709
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61B 17/064;
A61B 17/17;
A61B 17/86;
A61F 2/08;
A61B 17/00;
A61B 17/076;
A61F 2/38;
IPC-7:
A61B 17/58;
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| ECLA Code: |
A61B17/064B; A61B17/17F; A61B17/86B; A61F2/08D; A61F2/08F; K61F2/08F3B; K61F2/08F7B; K61F2/08F11B; K61B17/00A; K61B17/064T2; K61B17/076; K61B17/86B2; K61B17/86D; K61F2/38;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
606/916;
606/099;
606/323;
606/330;
623/013.11;
623/013.12;
623/013.14;
Original:
606/072;
606/099;
623/013.11;
623/013.12;
623/013.14;
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| Field of Search: |
606/072,96,98,99
128/897,898
623/11.11,13.11,13.12,13.13,13.14,13.15
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| Priority Number: |
| 1999-07-02 |
US1999000346709 |
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US1998000015618 |
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US1997000037610P |
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| Abstract: |
A surgical method for loading ligament grafts into a joint. A longitudinal socket formed in a bone is intersected by a transverse pin. A flexible strand is drawn with the pin through the bone. A looped portion of the strand is diverted so as to protrude out of the entrance to the longitudinal socket. The ends of the strand remaining accessible on either side of the bone. The ligament graft is captured within the strand loop protruding from the entrance to the socket. The strand is retracted into the socket, drawing the graft into the socket by pulling on the accessible ends of the flexible strand. The graft is fixed in the socket using a transverse implant.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Ostrolenk, Faber, Gerb & Soffen, LLP ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Nguyen, Dinh X.;
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| Parent Case: |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/015,618, filed Jan. 18, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,918,604, and, claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/037,610, filed Feb. 12, 1997.
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A system for anterior cruciate ligament surgery, comprising:
- a drill guide configured to locate and form a socket in a bone, the socket having an entrance and a sidewall;
- an elongated pin provided with a hook configured to engage an eyelet of a graft-passing wire and pull the wire transversely into the socket through the sidewall of the socket;
- a tunnel hook comprising an elongated shaft with a hook on an end thereof configured to engage the graft-passing wire and to pull a portion of the graft-passing wire out through the socket entrance; and
- a cannulated implant configured to transversely support a graft loaded into the socket by pulling a portion of the graft-passing wire down out of the socket using the tunnel hook, looping the graft over the graft-passing wire, pulling the graft-passing wire back into the socket, and inserting the cannulated implant transversely into the socket over the graft-passing wire and underneath the graft looped over the wire.
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| Other Abstract Info: |
DERABS G1999-276562
DERABS G2000-655754
DERABS G1999-403867
DERABS G2000-655754
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| Other References: |
C. Harner, et al., "Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Endoscopic Versus Two-Incision Technique", Arthroscopy: vol. 10, No. 5, pp. 502-512 (1994).
(11 pages)
Cited by 5 patents
[ISI abstract]
B. Shaffer, et al., "Graft-Tunnel Mismatch in Endoscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A New Technique of Intraarticular Measurement and Modified Graft Harvesting", Arthroscopy: vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 633-646 (1993).
(14 pages)
Cited by 13 patents
[ISI abstract]
P. Scranton, Jr., et al., "Outpatient Endoscopic Quadruple Hamstring Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction", Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics, pp. 177-180 (1996).
K. Leeds, "Arthroscopic Reconstruction of the ACL With Artificial Ligament", Arthroscopy, vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 65-68 (1987).
R. Larson, "Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with Hamstring Tendons", Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics, vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 138-141 (Jul. 1996).
R. Scherer, et al., "Investment Opportunities in Orthopedics", Orthopedic Industry Overview, (Aug. 1998).
S. Howell, "ACL Reconstruction Bone Mulch Screw WasherLoc", pp. 1-14 Arthrotek (1998).
D. McKernan, "Surgical Technique for Mitek RIGIDfix ACL Reconstruction", pp. 1-6, Mitek Products (1999).
T. Rosenberg, "Technique for ACL Reconstruction With Acufex Director Drill Guide and Endobutton CL", Smith & Nephew (1999).
F. Noyes, et al., "PCL Reconstruction With the Acufex Director Drill Guide Using the Noyes All-Inside PCL Technique and a Double Bundle Quadriceps Tendon Graft".
R. Hunter, "Quadruple Loop Hamstring Graft Surgical Technique With the Phantom SofThread Interference Screw", Dpuy OrthoTechnology (1998).
L. Paulos, "Endoscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction", pp. 1-14, Mitek Products, Inc. (1994).
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US1999000346709 | 1999-07-02 | is a
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US20030050642A1 issued 2003-03-13 Transverse fixation technique for ACL reconstruction using bone-tendon-bone graft
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US20030176919A1 issued 2003-09-18 Transverse fixation technique for ACL reconstruction using bone-tendon-bone graft with loop at end
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US7500990 issued 2009-03-10 Method of loading tendons into the knee
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US2005000293149
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US7306626 issued 2007-12-11 Method of loading tendons into the knee
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US6974477 issued 2005-12-13 System for loading tendons into the knee
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US2003000355287
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US6733529 issued 2004-05-11 Method of loading tendons into the knee
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US2004000824603 | | is a
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US6733529 issued 2004-05-11 Method of loading tendons into the knee
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US2003000370564 | 2003-02-24 | is a
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US7066956 issued 2006-06-27 Transverse fixation technique for ACL reconstruction using bone-tendon-bone graft
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US2003000370564 | | is a
continuation in part of |
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US2002000280028
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(pending)
[presumed granted]
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US7066956 issued 2006-06-27 Transverse fixation technique for ACL reconstruction using bone-tendon-bone graft
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US2003000355287 | 2003-01-31 | is a
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US6537319 issued 2003-03-25 Method of loading tendons into the knee
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US6537319 issued 2003-03-25 Method of loading tendons into the knee
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US2002000280028 | 2002-10-25 | is a
continuation in part of |
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US2002000121610
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US6537319 issued 2003-03-25 Method of loading tendons into the knee
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US2002000280028 | 2002-10-25 | is a
continuation in part of |
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US6537319 issued 2003-03-25 Method of loading tendons into the knee
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US2002000280028 | | is a
continuation in part of |
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US6537319 issued 2003-03-25 Method of loading tendons into the knee
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US1999000346709 | 1999-07-02 | is a
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US2002000121610 | 2002-04-15 | is a
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US2000000663798
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US6371124 issued 2002-04-16 Method of loading tendons into the knee
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US2002000121610 | 2002-04-15 | is a
continuation in part of |
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US2000000663798
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US6371124 issued 2002-04-16 Method of loading tendons into the knee
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US2002000121610 | | is a
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US6371124 issued 2002-04-16 Method of loading tendons into the knee
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US2000000663798 | 2000-09-18 | is a
continuation of |
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US6132433 issued 2000-10-17 Apparatus of loading tendons into the knee
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US2000000663798 | | is a
continuation of |
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US6132433 issued 2000-10-17 Apparatus of loading tendons into the knee
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continuation of |
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US1998000015618
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US5918604 issued 1999-07-06 Method of loading tendons into the knee
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>US1999000346709< | | is a
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US1998000015618
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US5918604 issued 1999-07-06 Method of loading tendons into the knee
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US1999000346709 | 1999-07-02 | is a
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US1997000037610P
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