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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2007
Charles H. Brown, Jr., Wellesley, MA (US);
Bernard J. Bourque, Taunton, MA (US);
Rebecca A. Blough, Cumberland, RI (US);
Michael C. Ferragamo, Dighton, MA (US);
Raymond A. Bojarski, Attleboro, MA (US);
Paul Alexander Torrie, Marblehead, CA (US);
Ben K. Graf, Madison, WI (US);
Fraser Harvie, East Kilbride, GB;
Steve Ek, Bolton, MA (US);
Charles H. Brown, Jr., Wellesley, MA (US);
Bernard J. Bourque, Taunton, MA (US);
Rebecca A. Blough, Cumberland, RI (US);
Michael C. Ferragamo, Dighton, MA (US);
Raymond A. Bojarski, Attleboro, MA (US);
Paul Alexander Torrie, Marblehead, CA (US);
Ben K. Graf, Madison, WI (US);
Fraser Harvie, East Kilbride, GB;
Steve Ek, Bolton, MA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A sheath for organizing soft tissue includes a first tube having a flexible body sized and shaped to receive a fixation device, and a second tube coupled to the first tube having a flexible body sized and shaped to receive a soft tissue graft. A method for implanting soft tissue in a bone tunnel includes coupling a soft tissue graft to a sheath assembly; and positioning the sheath assembly relative to the soft tissue graft based on a measured depth of a bone tunnel. A set of surgical devices for implanting soft tissue grafts in a bone tunnel includes a sheath assembly, a measurement device for measuring the depth of the bone tunnel, a securing element configured to secure the sheath assembly to the soft tissue graft at a position determined by the measured bone tunnel depth, and a tensioning device configured to organize a plurality of soft tissue grafts.