Patent ID: 9603612
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A method of reconstructing soft tissue of a metapodial phalangeal joint of a human extremity, the joint including a metapodial bone and a proximal phalanx, the extremity having volar and dorsal aspects, the method comprising: forming a metapodial bone tunnel in the metapodial bone; forming a phalangeal bone tunnel in the proximal phalanx; placing a graft between the metapodial and phalangeal bone tunnels; and securing the graft; wherein the forming of at least one of the bone tunnels comprises positioning a cutting guide adjacent the joint and in general alignment with an anatomic attachment point of a ligament, and guiding a cutter with the cutting guide to form the at least one of the bone tunnels.