Allen F Anderson

US Patent:

20160100936, Apr 14, 2016

Filed:

Dec 17, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/973513

Inventors:

- Warsaw IN, 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

International Classification:

A61F 2/08

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.

US Patent:

20140358230, Dec 4, 2014

Filed:

Feb 27, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/192128

Inventors:

- Warsaw IN, US
Eric Wall - Cincinnati OH, US
Yi-Meng Yen - Wellesley MA, US
Jeffery D. Arnett - Gilbert AZ, US
Allen F. Anderson - Nashville TN, US
Minder 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

International Classification:

A61F 2/08

US Classification:

623 1314

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.