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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2009
Applicant:
Rickey D. Hart, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Inventor:
Rickey D. Hart, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Mitek, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Various methods of ligament reconstruction are provided that can include extending a filament from at least one end of a graft having at least two ends, threading the graft through a first aperture in a first bone anchor, using the filament to affix the at least two ends of the graft to a second aperture of a second bone anchor, affixing the first bone anchor in hone, and affixing the second bone anchor in bone.