Patent ID: 11963865
Assignee: CONMED CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A fixation device, comprising:
a strand of suture comprising a first limb and a second limb with a midpoint therebetween;
a first splice positioned in the first limb and a second splice positioned in the second limb, wherein the first splice has a first splice entrance and a first splice exit and the second splice has a second splice entrance and a second splice exit, wherein the first splice entrance and first splice exit are different from the second splice entrance and the second splice exit, respectively;
a first free end of the first limb extending through the second splice, forming a first loop with a diameter;
a second free end of the second limb extending through the first splice, forming a second loop with a diameter;
wherein each of the first free end and the second free end extends away from each of the first loop and the second loop; and
wherein tensioning the first free end in a first direction away from the midpoint reduces the diameter of the first loop and tensioning the second free end in a second direction away from the midpoint reduces the diameter of the second loop; and
a locking suture passing through the first splice and the second splice.