Implant placement systems, devices and methods
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1. An implant placement system for affixing a soft tissue graft to a prepared socket in a boney surface via an anchoring implant, said system comprising:
- a. a cannulated driver device comprising an open proximal end, a proximal handle portion, an elongate tubular distal portion that defines the longitudinal axis of the system, an open distal end configured to receive said implant, and at least one lumen extending from said proximal to distal end; and
b. an elongate insertion device comprising a proximal hub portion and a rigid distal portion configured to receive the first ends of one or more elongate sutures, wherein;
i. said insertion device is slidably received within said at least one lumen of said driver device;
ii. the proximal end of said driver device handle portion may be releasably engaged to and disengaged from the distal end of said insertion device hub portion, such that when said driver device handle portion and said insertion device hub portion are engaged, relative rotational and axial movement between said driver device and insertion device is precluded and when said driver device handle portion and said insertion device hub portion are disengaged, relative rotational and axial movement between said driver device and insertion device is enabled;
iii. when said insertion device and said driver device are engaged as set forth in (ii), the distal end of said insertion device is configured to extend distally past the distal end of said implant when coupled to said driver device so as to enable said insertion device distal end to receive said suture first ends.
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Abstract
Described herein is a simplified placement system and method for a tissue graft anchor by which a surgeon may introduce one or more sutures into a hole in a boney tissue, apply a precise amount of tension to the sutures to advance a soft tissue graft to a desired location, and then advance the anchor into the bone, preferably while maintaining the requisite pre-determined suture tension and without introducing spin to the suture.
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1. An implant placement system for affixing a soft tissue graft to a prepared socket in a boney surface via an anchoring implant, said system comprising:
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a. a cannulated driver device comprising an open proximal end, a proximal handle portion, an elongate tubular distal portion that defines the longitudinal axis of the system, an open distal end configured to receive said implant, and at least one lumen extending from said proximal to distal end; and b. an elongate insertion device comprising a proximal hub portion and a rigid distal portion configured to receive the first ends of one or more elongate sutures, wherein; i. said insertion device is slidably received within said at least one lumen of said driver device; ii. the proximal end of said driver device handle portion may be releasably engaged to and disengaged from the distal end of said insertion device hub portion, such that when said driver device handle portion and said insertion device hub portion are engaged, relative rotational and axial movement between said driver device and insertion device is precluded and when said driver device handle portion and said insertion device hub portion are disengaged, relative rotational and axial movement between said driver device and insertion device is enabled; iii. when said insertion device and said driver device are engaged as set forth in (ii), the distal end of said insertion device is configured to extend distally past the distal end of said implant when coupled to said driver device so as to enable said insertion device distal end to receive said suture first ends. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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