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

Claim 13:
14. 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;
drilling a second hole in the tibial tuberosity extending from a lateral side to a medial side;
exposing a lateral fabella from a biceps femoris muscle;
inserting a curved elongated eye stacking needle into caudal-ventral aspect of the lateral fabella, circumnavigating around the lateral fabella at substantially a forty-five degree angle to a horizontal plane and exiting at a cranial-dorsal aspect of the lateral fabella;
holding a needle point of the curved elongated eye stacking needle;
holding another end of the curved elongated eye stacking needle, proximate to an eye of the curved elongated eye stacking needle;
threading the eye of the curved elongated eye stacking needle with a one or more filaments, wherein the one or more filaments are vertically stacked within the eye of the curved elongated eye stacking needle;
balancing a substantially equal length of each of the one or more filaments on either side of the eye of the curved elongated eye stacking needle;
clasping a first filament-end and a second filament-end each of the one or more filaments;
circumnavigating the curved elongated eye stacking 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 curved elongated eye stacking 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 eye of the curved elongated eye stacking needle at a filament apex to create a third filament-end and a fourth filament-end of each of the one or more filaments;
clasping the third filament-end and fourth filament-end of each of the one or more filaments;
threading substantially a first half of the one or more filaments through an eye of a straight elongated eye stacking needle, such that the first filament-end and the second filament-end of each of the one or more filaments are approximately near each other;
passing the straight elongated eye stacking needle through the first hole in the tibial tuberosity from the lateral side to the medial side;
passing the straight elongated eye stacking 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 second half of the one or more filaments through the eye of the straight elongated eye stacking needle through the first filament-end and the second filament-end of each of the one or more filaments;
passing the straight elongated eye stacking needle through the first hole in the tibial tuberosity from the lateral side to the medial side;
carrying the straight elongated eye stacking 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;
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.