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

Claim 9:
10. A method for suspending a tensioned object in a bone tunnel, comprising the steps of:
providing a strand of suture having a first limb and a second limb with a midpoint therebetween;
creating a first splice in the first limb and a second splice 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;
passing a first free end of the first limb through the second splice in a first direction, forming a first loop with a diameter;
passing a second free end of the second limb 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;
passing the first free end of the first limb through an object prior to the step of passing the first free end through the second splice; and
passing the second free end of the second limb through the object prior to the step of passing the second free end through the first splice.