Patent ID: 9326844
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. A method of ligament reconstruction, comprising the steps of: attaching three separate fixation devices to a single tissue strand, wherein the single tissue strand is folded to form a first tissue strand arm and a second tissue strand arm, wherein the first and second arms each comprise a double tissue bundle; inserting and separately securing each of the three separate attached fixation devices to a different bone tunnel or socket, wherein the three fixation devices are button/loop constructs having a button and a flexible, adjustable loop connected to the button, the flexible, adjustable loop having an adjustable length; passing the single tissue strand through a first loop of a first button/loop construct, and through a second loop of a second button/loop construct; bringing together ends of the single tissue strand to form a tissue loop; passing the tissue loop through a third loop of a third button/loop construct, and positioning the third loop at about half length of the tissue loop to form first and second double tissue bundles of the tissue loop; securing the first and second double tissue bundles into two separate femoral tunnels or sockets; securing the third loop into a tibial tunnel or socket; and tensioning at least one of the first, second and third loops to approximate the anatomic double-bundle graft orientation of a native knee ACL or PCL.