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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2011
Jose E. Lizardi, Franklin, MA (US);
Peter Reynaert, Boortmeerbeek, BE;
Stephen J. Orphanos, Bridgewater, MA (US);
David Spenciner, Attleboro, MA (US);
Jose E. Lizardi, Franklin, MA (US);
Peter Reynaert, Boortmeerbeek, BE;
Stephen J. Orphanos, Bridgewater, MA (US);
David Spenciner, Attleboro, MA (US);
DePuy Mitek, LLC, Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices are provided for implanting a cross-pin through a bone tunnel, such as in an arthroscopic surgical procedure. In general, the methods and devices allow a cross-pin hole to be formed in a medial side of a knee bone such that it intersects a bone tunnel formed in the knee bone. In one embodiment, a cross-pinning guide device is provided that can be configured to angularly position the cross-pin hole relative to the bone tunnel to allow the cross-pin hole to intersect the bone tunnel without passing through another side, e.g., a lateral side, of the knee bone. The knee bone can be a femur or a tibia such that the cross-pin hole and the bone tunnel can each be entirely formed in the femur or in the tibia.