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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2014
Orthopediatrics Corp., Warsaw, IN (US);
Brad Anthony Niese, Chandler, AZ (US);
Eric Wall, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Yi-Meng Yen, Wellesley, MA (US);
Jeffery D. Arnett, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Allen F. Anderson, Nashville, TN (US);
Mininder Kocher, Dover, MA (US);
Theodore J. Ganley, Bryn Mawr, PA (US);
Rebekah Koch, Zionsville, IN (US);
Dylan Matthew Hushka, Niwot, CO (US);
Ryan Harper, Leesburg, IN (US);
ORTHOPEDIATRICS CORP., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A system for graft fixation including ACL graft reconstruction and fixation is presented. The system may comprise a loop fixation device for retaining a tissue graft. The loop fixation device may comprise a graft retention portion and a cortical fixation portion to allow the loop fixation device to rest on the cortical portion of a bone. A tissue graft may pass through a bone tunnel and engage the loop fixation device preventing withdraw of the tissue graft back through the bone tunnel. The system may also include graft fixation within a bone tunnel using a sleeve, or tube construct, with a fixation member, or screw, to engage a tissue graft within the sleeve.