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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2012
Jon-paul Rogers, North Smithfield, RI (US);
Timothy P. Callahan, Wrentham, MA (US);
Jeffrey Wyman, Naples, FL (US);
Graham Smith, Newburyport, MA (US);
Daniel B. Ellis, Holliston, MA (US);
Ettore Taverna, Ligornetto, CH;
Jon-Paul Rogers, North Smithfield, RI (US);
Timothy P. Callahan, Wrentham, MA (US);
Jeffrey Wyman, Naples, FL (US);
Graham Smith, Newburyport, MA (US);
Daniel B. Ellis, Holliston, MA (US);
Ettore Taverna, Ligornetto, CH;
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
A surgical assembly includes a first guidewire and a second guidewire, in which each of the first guidewire and the second guidewire are configured to be received by a bone block, a first suture loop, a second suture loop, a first locking component, and a second locking component, in which the first locking component is coupled to the first suture loop and the second locking component is coupled to the second suture loop. The locking component has a hole formed therethrough, in which the hole of the locking component is configured to receive the suture, and may be tethered to a suture by knots engaging a counterbore at opposed ends of a bore defined by the hole.