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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2006
Raymond E. Olsen, Logan, UT (US);
Wesley I. Lewis, Archer, FL (US);
John R. Bianchi, Gainesville, FL (US);
Joe Kutsavage, High Spring, FL (US);
Daniel J. Urbaniak, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Angela Carr, Gainesville, FL (US);
Ben R. Sanders, Alachua, FL (US);
Raymond E. Olsen, Logan, UT (US);
Wesley I. Lewis, Archer, FL (US);
John R. Bianchi, Gainesville, FL (US);
Joe Kutsavage, High Spring, FL (US);
Daniel J. Urbaniak, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Angela Carr, Gainesville, FL (US);
Ben R. Sanders, Alachua, FL (US);
RTI Biologics, Inc., Alachua, FL (US);
Abstract
The present invention has multiple aspects relating to assembled self fixing bone-tendon-bone (BTB) grafts and BTB implants. A preferred application in which self fixing assembled bone-tendon-bone (BTB) grafts and implants of the present technology can be used is for ACL repairs in a human patient. In one embodiment, a self fixing BTB graft is characterized by the presence of threads along at least a portion of the exterior surface of one or both bone blocks. In another embodiment, a self fixing assembled bone-tendon-bone implant comprises a removable tendon tensioner which imparts a predetermined tension on the tendon of the BTB graft.