	US 12,232,717 B2
	Partially assembled knotless suture construct
Jesse G. Moore, Germantown, TN (US)
Assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/242,531.
Application 17/242,531 is a division of application No. 16/155,045, filed on Oct. 9, 2018, granted, now 11,013,506.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/580,218, filed on Nov. 1, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0244404 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01)

CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/0487 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0404 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0475 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 2017/681 (2013.01); A61B 17/80 (2013.01)]

11 Claims

1. A method, comprising:

forming a bone tunnel through a first bone and a second bone;

inserting a partial anchoring construct through the bone tunnel, the partial anchoring construct including a first flexible strand defining a first adjustable loop and a first anchor coupled to a first end of the first adjustable loop, wherein a second end of the first adjustable loop is coupled to a first pull-through strand;

coupling a second anchor to the second end of the first adjustable loop after the first adjustable loop is inserted through the bone tunnel by the first pull-through strand; and

adjusting the length of the first adjustable loop to position the first bone and the second bone in a predetermined spacing.