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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Depuy Mitek, Llc, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Charles Beck, Jr., Holladay, UT (US);
Jose E. Lizardi, Walpole, MA (US);
Assignee:
DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC, Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/0811 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0835 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0852 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0858 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0882 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0888 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0008 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various methods and devices are provided for a graft fixation device for fixing a graft member within a bone tunnel. In one embodiment, a graft fixation device is provided having a radially expandable sheath adapted to be disposed within a bone tunnel, and a sheath expander adapted to be received within the radially expandable sheath to expand the sheath and thereby anchor a graft between the sheath and the bone tunnel. In an exemplary embodiment, the graft fixation device is particularly useful to affix a graft within a femoral tunnel.