Patent ID: 9486204
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. A method of repairing a stifle, including a first stifle bone and a second stifle bone in engaged opposition to said first stifle bone, and comprising: (a) providing: (b) screwing said first bone screw into said first stifle bone; (c) screwing said second bone screw into said second stifle bone; (d) using said tail to pull said suture assembly and engage a portion of said suture loop about said shank of said first bone screw; (e) using said tail to pull said suture assembly and pull said suture loop through said aperture in said second bone screw; and (f) using said tail to pull said suture loop into engagement around said shank of said second bone screw; and (g) cutting away and removing said eyelet-tail suture element.