Patent ID: 11857175
Assignee: DAUNTLESS INNOVATIONS, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A surgical method, comprising:
forming a primary bone tunnel in a first bone along a first axis;
forming a secondary bone tunnel in a second bone along a second axis, wherein the second axis is independent from the first axis, wherein a suture anchor engages the second bone;
selecting a cannula including a body, a proximal end, a distal end opposite the proximal end, an inner surface, and an outer surface; the body sized and configured for insertion within the first bone tunnel, the body defining a passage that extends from the proximal end to the distal end, the proximal end having a button reception portion and a drive portion, the outer surface having a threaded portion extending radially from the body;
inserting the cannula within the primary bone tunnel;
providing a button at the button reception portion, the button including a top end surface, a bottom end surface, and a circumferential outer surface, wherein the button defines a first aperture that extends from the top end surface to the bottom end surface and a second aperture that extends from the top end surface to the bottom end surface; the button configured and arranged to be removable affixed to the button reception portion of the cannula;
looping the suture through the passage, the distal end, the second bone tunnel;
coupling the suture to the suture anchor; and
tensioning the suture through the first aperture and the second aperture of the button.