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US 10,314,628 · App. 15/365,510 · Granted Jun 11, 2019

Method and system for providing a suture wrap cerclage

Inventors: Thomas Dooney (Naples, FL); Laurence D. Higgins (Brookline, MA); Evan Lederman (Paradise Valley, AZ); Andrew Christian Petry (Naples, FL); Donald K. Shuler (Naples, FL)
Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
A61B17/82A61B17/04A61B17/06A61B17/062A61B17/06066A61B17/842A61B17/8861A61B17/8869A61B2017/06085
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Patent No.
US 10,314,628
App. No.
15/365,510
Granted
Jun 11, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for providing a fractured bone with a bone cerclage according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes wrapping suture around bone a first time using a suture passer, wrapping the suture around bone a second time using a shuttling suture, and securing the suture to the bone.

Claims (38)

1. A method for providing a fractured bone with a bone cerclage, comprising:

wrapping suture around bone a first time using a suture passer;

wrapping the suture around bone a second time using a shuttling suture; and

securing the suture to the bone.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein:

the suture is wrapped around the bone the first time by wrapping the suture and the shuttling suture around the bone by moving the suture carrier in a first direction; and

the suture is wrapped around the bone the second time by moving the shuttling suture around the bone in the first direction.

3. The method as recited in claim 2 , wherein:

the suture is wrapped around bone the first time by wrapping first and second free ends of the suture and a first end of the shuttling suture around bone; and

the suture is wrapped around bone the second time by providing the first and second free ends of the suture in a loop provided in a second end of the shuttling suture, and moving the second end of the shuttling suture around the bone in the first direction.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the suture passer is provided by a curved needle having a first eyelet and a second eyelet.

5. The method as recited in claim 4 , wherein the suture is received in the first eyelet and the shuttling suture is received in second eyelet.

6. The method as recited in claim 5 , wherein:

the shuttling suture includes a first end having a first closed loop and a second end having a second closed loop; and

the second closed loop is looped through the second eyelet and the shuttling suture is tightened against the suture passer.

7. The method as recited in claim 4 , wherein the suture passer includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a main body portion having a thickness tapering between the proximal end and the distal end.

8. The method as recited in claim 7 , wherein the first eyelet and the second eyelet are adjacent the proximal end of the suture passer.

9. The method as recited in claim 7 , wherein the suture passer includes a tip adjacent the distal end.

10. The method as recited in claim 9 , wherein the tip is blunt.

11. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the shuttling suture is provided by nitinol wire.

12. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the suture is a folded piece of suture.

13. A method for providing a fractured bone with a bone cerclage, comprising:

wrapping a piece of suture around bone a first time by moving a suture passer in a first direction;

wrapping the suture around bone a second time by moving a shuttling suture around the bone in the first direction; and

securing the suture to the bone.

14. The method as recited in claim 13 , wherein:

the suture is wrapped around bone the first time by wrapping first and second free ends of the suture and a first end of the shuttling suture around bone; and

the suture is wrapped around bone the second time by providing the first and second free ends of the suture in a loop provided in a second end of the shuttling suture, and moving the second end of the shuttling suture around the bone in the first direction.

15. The method as recited in claim 13 , wherein:

the suture passer is provided by a curved needle having a first eyelet and a second eyelet; and

the suture is provided in the first eyelet and the shuttling suture is provided in the second eyelet.

16. The method as recited in claim 15 , wherein:

the shuttling suture includes a first end having a first closed loop and a second end having a second closed loop; and

the second closed loop is looped through the second eyelet and the shuttling suture is tightened against the suture passer.

17. The method as recited in claim 15 , wherein the suture passer includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a main body portion having a thickness tapering between the proximal end and the distal end.

18. The method as recited in claim 17 , wherein the first eyelet and the second eyelet are adjacent the proximal end of the suture passer.

19. The method as recited in claim 18 , wherein the suture passer includes a tip adjacent the distal end.

20. The method as recited in claim 13 , wherein the suture is secured to bone by tying a knot.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2016
From: DOONEY, THOMAS; HIGGINS, LAURENCE D., DR.; LEDERMAN, EVAN, DR.; PETRY, ANDREW CHRISTIAN; SHULER, DONALD K.
To: ARTHREX, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 15073217 · Mar 17, 2016
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