CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 17/04 (2013.01); A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/0487 (2013.01); A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61F 2/08 (2013.01); A61F 2/0811 (2013.01); A61B 2017/044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0404 (2013.01); A61B 2017/045 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0412 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0419 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0448 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0475 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0641 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06185 (2013.01); A61F 2002/087 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0829 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0852 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0864 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0882 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0888 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01)] | 16 Claims |
1. A bone fixation assembly, comprising:
an orthopedic button; and
an adjustable suture construct coupled to the orthopedic button, the adjustable suture construct comprised of a suture with a first suture portion passing through the orthopedic button from a first side of the orthopedic button to a second side of the orthopedic button and then back through the orthopedic button from the second side of the orthopedic button to the first side of the orthopedic button so as to form a first looped portion of the suture retained along the second side of the orthopedic button for coupling the adjustable suture construct to the orthopedic button, the suture further including a second suture portion passing through the orthopedic button from the first side of the orthopedic button to the second side of the orthopedic button and then back through the orthopedic button from the second side of the orthopedic button to the first side of the orthopedic button so as to form a second looped portion of the suture retained along the second side of the orthopedic button for coupling the adjustable suture construct to the orthopedic button,
wherein the suture includes a hollow longitudinal passage therein, and wherein, within the adjustable suture construct, a first free end of the suture extends in a longitudinal manner through the hollow longitudinal passage to form a longitudinal tensioning portion of the adjustable suture construct, wherein the longitudinal tensioning portion, upon formation, resists reverse relative movement of the first free end of the suture through the hollow longitudinal passage,
wherein, within the bone fixation assembly, the longitudinal tensioning portion is retained on the first side of the orthopedic button opposite the first looped portion and the second looped portion of the suture which are retained along the second side of the orthopedic button.
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