Patent ID: 9433407
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A method of implanting a bone fixation assembly, the method comprising: positioning a portion of a suture through an eyelet in a suture engaging member to form first and second suture strands extending from opposite sides of the eyelet, the suture engaging member being elongated along a longitudinal direction; advancing the suture engaging member in a longitudinal orientation through a bone plate aperture in a bone plate, through a clavicle hole in a clavicle, and through a coracoid process hole in a coracoid process, so that the first and second suture strands extend from the eyelet sequentially through the coracoid process hole, the clavicle hole, and the bone plate aperture; advancing a suture button over the first and second suture strands into the bone plate aperture; securing the suture button to the bone plate by engaging retaining ribs formed on a circumferential surface of the suture button with one or more threads formed in the bone plate at the bone plate aperture; pulling on the first and second suture strands to: tying the first and second suture strands together to maintain the tension.