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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2004
Michael Perriello, Hopedale, MA (US);
Stuart E. Fromm, Rapid City, SD (US);
Michael Perriello, Hopedale, MA (US);
Stuart E. Fromm, Rapid City, SD (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
A method of securing a tissue graft within a bone passage includes providing a graft fixation member comprising a closed double-loop having a pair of differently sized loop sections and capturing both sections of the closed-loop within the fixation member. The longer loop section is passed through an opening in the tissue graft then is passed through the smaller loop and thrown over the fixation member to form a knot.
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