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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Reinhold Schmieding, Naples, FL (US);
Craig D Morgan, Greenville, DE (US);
Assignee:
Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 13 ; 623901 ;
Abstract
A method for preparing a bone-tendon-bone core graft. A bone core is harvested from a patient and divided into two separate bone core halves. The bone core halves are inserted onto holding pins which are movably spaced along a work station. A harvested tendon is secured with suture onto the bone core halves, with the tendon extending therebetween to form the bone-tendon-bone core graft. The holding pins are supported by blocks which are moved apart along the work station to tension the bone-tendon-bone graft.