US 12,433,738 B2
Tendon surgery nail knot systems and methods
Drew Miller, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Drew Miller, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/701,196.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/164,072, filed on Mar. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0296358 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/0811 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0474 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0829 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0852 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0888 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
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1. A method of forming a nail knot between a suture and a fibrous connective tissue of a patient during an arthroscopic procedure, the method comprising:
drawing a free end portion of the fibrous connective tissue into a port sleeve of an arthroscopic system so that the free end portion of the fibrous connective tissue is disposed within the port sleeve, wherein a nail knot cinch of the suture is disposed external to the port sleeve;
moving the port sleeve relative to the free end portion of the fibrous connective tissue and the nail knot cinch of the suture, to allow the nail knot cinch of the suture to contact the free end portion of the fibrous connective tissue; and
tightening the nail knot cinch of the suture about the free end portion of the fibrous connective tissue, so as to form the nail knot with the suture and the fibrous connective tissue.