US 11,717,394 B2
Flipping-type graft fixation device and method with low flipping distance
David B. Spenciner, North Attleboro, MA (US)
Assigned to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC, Raynham, MA (US)
Filed by DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, LLC, Raynham, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/79,711.
Application 17/079,711 is a division of application No. 14/041,764, filed on Sep. 30, 2013, granted, now 10,813,741, issued on Oct. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0038365 A1, Feb. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/0811 (2013.01) [A61F 2002/0823 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0852 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0882 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A graft retention device comprising:
an elongated body having a first end and a second end, a midpoint therebetween, and an upper surface and a lower surface;
a first elongated slot and a second elongated slot through the body from the upper surface to the lower surface, defining a tang therebetween;
at least one of the first slot and the second slot having an open slot first end into the body at the body first end, such open slot first end being closed via a retention line between the tang and the body; and
a graft retention loop disposed over the tang and slidable therealong from a first position closer to the body first end and a second position closer to the midpoint.