US 12,239,310 B2
Orthopedic stabilization device, kit and method
Samuel Nader, Arlington Heights, IL (US); Wesley Lloyd Reed, Libertyville, IL (US); and Dinesh Koka, Winter Park, FL (US)
Assigned to Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL (US)
Filed by Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL (US)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/730,709.
Prior Publication US 2023/0346363 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0487 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An orthopedic stabilization device comprising:
a first button having a base portion and a depending loop, the base portion having two first button openings extending therethrough, and the loop having an elongated loop opening therethrough, the elongated loop opening having a major dimension and a minor dimension, the minor dimension being smaller than the major dimension;
a locking member slidably engaged with the loop of the first button, the locking member having a narrow portion disposed between a pair of enlarged end portions, the narrow portion being slidingly disposed in the elongated loop opening of the first button and the enlarged end portions each having a maximum width larger than the minor dimension and smaller than the major dimension such that the enlarged end portions maintain the narrow portion in the elongated loop opening when aligned with the minor dimension and allowing the locking member to disengage from the elongated loop opening when aligned with the major dimension;
a second button having two second button openings extending therethrough; and
a suture extending between the first button and the second button, with a portion of the suture being frictionally retainable between the locking member and the loop to thereby tie the first button to the second button.