US 11,903,574 B2
Augmented suture construct for syndesmotic stabilization
Jesse G. Moore, Germantown, TN (US); Bryan D. Den Hartog, St. Paul, MN (US); Gregory C. Berlet, Westerville, OH (US); Murray John Penner, Vancouver (CA); and Bruce E. Cohen, Charlotte, NC (US)
Assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/340,307.
Application 17/340,307 is a division of application No. 16/044,689, filed on Jul. 25, 2018, granted, now 11,051,799.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/553,410, filed on Sep. 1, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0290221 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 17/683 (2013.01); A61B 17/8061 (2013.01); A61B 17/842 (2013.01); A61B 17/86 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0403 (2013.01); A61B 2017/044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0404 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0412 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
forming a bone tunnel through a first bone and a second bone;
inserting a flexible construct through the bone tunnel, the flexible construct including a first anchoring element and a second anchoring element coupled by at least one flexible strand defining an adjustable loop, the at least one flexible strand including a first end extending from the first anchoring element in an opposite direction from the adjustable loop;
adjusting a length of the adjustable loop to position the first bone and the second bone in a selected spacing; and
coupling the first end of the at least one flexible strand to a tissue section using a third anchoring element.