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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2018
Applicant:

Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);

Inventors:

Jesse G. Moore, Germantown, TN (US);

Bryan D. Den Hartog, St. Paul, MN (US);

Gregory C. Berlet, Westerville, OH (US);

Murray John Penner, Vancouver, CA;

Bruce E. Cohen, Charlotte, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/683 (2013.01); A61B 17/8061 (2013.01); A61B 17/842 (2013.01); A61B 17/86 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0403 (2013.01); A61B 2017/044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0404 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0412 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes forming a bone tunnel through a first bone and a second bone and inserting a flexible construct through the bone tunnel. The flexible construct includes a first anchoring element and a second anchoring element coupled by at least one flexible strand defining an adjustable loop. The at least one flexible strand includes a first end extending from the first anchoring element in an opposite direction from the adjustable loop. A length of the adjustable loop is adjusted to position the first bone and the second bone in a selected spacing. The first end of the at least one flexible strand is coupled to a tissue section using a third anchoring element.


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