US 12,082,801 B2
Method of tissue repair
Thomas Dooney, Jr., Naples, FL (US); Peter J. Dreyfuss, Naples, FL (US); and Patrick J. Denard, Jacksonville, OR (US)
Assigned to Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US)
Filed by Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/902,743.
Prior Publication US 2021/0386418 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61F 2/0811 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0404 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0852 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0888 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of tissue repair, comprising the steps of:
installing a surgical construct in a bone hole, the surgical construct having a fixation device that is preloaded with at least one primary flexible strand;
after installing the surgical construct in the bone hole, coupling at least one secondary flexible strand to the at least one primary flexible strand by extending the at least one primary flexible strand through at least one eyelet of the at least one secondary flexible strand, for subsequent use in repairing the tissue; and
engaging the at least one secondary flexible strand with the tissue only after the step of coupling the at least one secondary flexible strand to the at least one primary flexible strand.