IP Library Granted Patent US 12,048,430
Granted Patent B2
US 12,048,430 · App. 18/132,660 · Granted Jul 30, 2024

Implant and suture organization device

Inventors: Andrew Kam (Odessa, FL); Andrew Draybuck (Tampa, FL)
Assignee: CONMED CORPORATION
A61B17/06133B65D73/0078A61B2017/06142
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Patent No.
US 12,048,430
App. No.
18/132,660
Granted
Jul 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organization device for maintaining a suspensory graft fixation device (i.e., an implant and suture) in a desired position. The device includes a substrate having top and bottom edges with first and second panels extending therebetween. The device also includes a first central longitudinal axis extending in a direction from the top edge to the bottom edge between the first and second panels. The first and second panels are foldable about the axis between open and closed positions. The device also includes an opening extending through the bottom edge and into the first panel, and a plurality of top slits and bottom slits. The plurality of top slits includes at least one top slit which is aligned with the first opening. The device additionally includes a tabs adjacent the opening. The slits and tabs are configured to maintain suture of a suspensory graft fixation device in an organized manner.

Claims (19)

1. An organization system, comprising:

a substrate having a top edge and a bottom edge with a first panel and a second panel extending therebetween;

a central longitudinal axis extending in a direction from the top edge to the bottom edge between the first panel and the second panel;

wherein the first panel and the second panel are foldable about the central longitudinal axis between an open position and a closed position;

an opening extending through the bottom edge and into the first panel;

a top slit extending into the top edge of the first panel, the top slit aligned with at least a portion of the opening;

a first tab on the first panel adjacent a first side of the first opening;

a second tab on the first panel adjacent a second side of the first opening;

wherein the first tab and the second tab both open toward the first opening;

a suspensory graft fixation device having an anchor body with a suture woven therethrough, creating a loop of the suture extending from a side of the anchor body and two limbs of the suture extending from an opposing side of the anchor body;

wherein the loop is wrapped around the first tab and the second tab such that a bottom of the loop extends across the opening; and

wherein the two limbs extend to and through the central top slit.

2. The organization system of claim 1 , further comprising one or more intermediary tabs in the first panel between the opening and the top edge.

3. The organization system of claim 2 , wherein two limbs are closed within the intermediary tabs.

4. The organization system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of periphery top slits extending into the top edge of the first panel; and

a plurality of bottom slits extending into the bottom edge of the first panel.

5. The organization system of claim 4 , wherein the two limbs are wrapped from the central top slit to and through one of the plurality of periphery top slits and then through one of the plurality of bottom slits.

6. The organization system of claim 5 , wherein the two limbs extend in a straight line from the one of the plurality of periphery top slits and the one of the plurality of bottom slits.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2025
From: CONMED CORPORATION; BIOREZ, INC.; BUFFALO FILTER LLC; IN2BONES USA, LLC; LINVATEC CORPORATION; SURGIQUEST, INC.; VIKING SYSTEMS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 072097/0762 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2024
From: KAM, ANDREW; DRAYBUCK, ANDREW
To: CONMED CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066981/0189 →
Continuity (2)
Division 16460044 · Jul 2, 2019
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