US 12,453,544 B2
Systems and methods for ankle syndesmosis repair
Christopher W. Digiovanni, Waltham, MA (US); Ali Hosseini, Waltham, MA (US); Daniel Guss, Waltham, MA (US); Anne Holly Johnson, Boston, MA (US); George Alex, Boston, MA (US); and Bart Lubberts, Boston, MA (US)
Assigned to The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/613,884
Filed by THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION, Boston, MA (US)
PCT Filed May 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/034715
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/243181, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/853,572, filed on May 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0218327 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 17/06 (2013.01); A61B 17/06004 (2013.01); A61B 17/683 (2013.01); A61B 17/8061 (2013.01); A61B 17/842 (2013.01); A61B 17/8866 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0404 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ankle syndesmosis repair system comprising:
a first length of suture;
a second length of suture;
a suture advancing device comprising an elongated shaft having a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end terminating in a pointed tip, the proximal end being dimensioned to individually receive the first length of suture and the second length of suture;
a fibula engaging arrangement dimensioned to engage a lateral surface of the fibula, the fibula engaging arrangement having a first through hole dimensioned to receive the first length of suture and a second through hole dimensioned to receive the second length of suture;
a tibia engaging arrangement dimensioned to engage a medial surface of the tibia; the tibia engaging arrangement having a first passageway dimensioned to receive the first length of suture and a second passageway dimensioned to receive the second length of suture; and
a third length of suture,
wherein at least one of the fibula engaging arrangement and the tibia engaging arrangement is configured such that the first length of suture and the second length of suture are at an oblique angle in an axial view of the fibula or the tibia when the first length of suture, the second length of suture, the fibula engaging arrangement, and the tibia engaging arrangement are implanted in the ankle,
wherein the proximal end of the suture advancing device is dimensioned to individually receive the third length of suture,
wherein the fibula engaging arrangement has a third through hole dimensioned to receive the third length of suture,
wherein the tibia engaging arrangement has a third passageway dimensioned to receive the third length of suture, and
wherein at least one of the fibula engaging arrangement and the tibia engaging arrangement is configured such that the first length of suture and the third length of suture are at an oblique angle in the axial view of the fibula or the tibia when the first length of suture, the second length of suture, the third length of suture, the fibula engaging arrangement, and the tibia engaging arrangement are implanted in the ankle.