Patent ID: 11969313
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for repairing an injured canine cranial cruciate ligament in a stifle, the method comprising:
drilling a first hole in a tibial tuberosity extending from a lateral side to a medial side and drilling a second hole in a tibial tuberosity extending from a lateral side to a medial side;
inserting a first needle into a lateral fabella, circumnavigating around the lateral fabella at substantially a forty-five degree angle to a horizontal plane and exiting the lateral fabella;
threading an eye of the first needle with a one or more filaments, each of the one or more filaments having a first filament-end and a second filament-end;
circumnavigating the first needle threaded with the one or more filaments around the lateral fabella at an angle substantially forty-five degrees to the horizontal plane, until the first needle and the one or more filaments can be pulled free in a lateral direction from the stifle;
cutting each of the one or more filaments within the first needle at an apex to create a third filament-end and a fourth filament-end for each of the one or more filaments;
threading a first portion of the one or more filaments through an eye of a second needle through the first filament-end and the second filament-end of each of the one or more filaments;
passing the second needle through the first hole in the tibial tuberosity from the lateral side to the medial side;
passing the second needle through the second hole in the tibial tuberosity from the medial side to the lateral side;
pairing and clasping the first filament-end and the second filament-end of each of the one or more filaments with a corresponding third filament-end and fourth filament-end of each of the one or more filaments;
threading substantially a remaining portion of the one or more filaments through the eye of the second needle through the first filament-end and second filament-end each of the one or more filaments;
passing the second needle through the first hole in the tibial tuberosity from the lateral side to the medial side;
carrying the second needle at angle between thirty to forty-five degrees through a soft fascia tissue on a medial aspect of a patella ligament, exiting and crossing over a cranial border of the patella ligament, through a fascia tissue on a lateral aspect of the patella ligament and carried through a lateral fascia of a biceps femoris muscle;
pairing and clasping the first filament-end and the second filament-end of each of the one or more filaments with the corresponding third filament-end and fourth filament-end of each of the one or more filaments,
pulling the one or more filaments substantially tight; and
connecting the first filament-end and the second filament-end of each of the one or more filaments with the corresponding third filament-end and fourth filament-end of each of the one or more filaments.