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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
May. 08, 2013
Biomet Sports Medicine, Llc, Warsaw, IN (US);
Nathanael K. Conner, Huntertown, IN (US);
Brian K. Berelsman, Warsaw, IN (US);
Gregory J. Denham, Warsaw, IN (US);
Kevin T. Stone, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Nicholas R. Slater, Chandler, AZ (US);
Jeffery D. Arnett, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Joshua A. Butters, Chandler, AZ (US);
Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A tensioner system for use in tensioning graft strands in a knee reconstruction procedure can include a handle assembly, a tensioner assembly coupled relative to the handle assembly, and a drive shaft slidably received through and supported by the handle assembly. The tensioner assembly can include an arm support member rotatably coupled to the handle assembly and first and second arm members each rotatably coupled to lateral sides of the arm support member. Each arm member can include at least one graft attachment area adapted to be coupled to a graft strand. The arm support member can be configured to rotate about an axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the tensioner system and perpendicular to an axis of rotation of each of the arm members. The drive shaft can include proximal and distal ends that extend beyond respective proximal and distal ends of the handle assembly.