Patent ID: 9622742
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A method of graft preparation, comprising: passing a needle and a suture attached thereto and having first and second suture tails through a first surface of a graft at a first entry point remote from a first end of the graft so that the needle and a portion of the attached suture are passed to a second, opposite surface of the graft while maintaining a terminal length of each of the first and second suture tails on the first surface of the graft such that the terminal length of the suture tails extends in a first direction from the first entry point towards the first end of the graft; passing the needle and the attached suture through the first surface at a second entry point longitudinally spaced apart from the first entry point in the first direction to the second surface with the suture tails disposed on opposite sides of the graft so that the suture forms a loop defined by the suture tails extending from the second entry point, to an exit point on the second surface of the graft and around opposite sides of the graft, the loop surrounding the terminal length of the first and second suture tails such that the terminal length of the suture tails is disposed between the first surface of the graft and the loop; repeatedly passing the needle and the attached suture through the first surface at subsequent entry points longitudinally spaced apart from the first and second entry points in the first direction to the second surface to form multiple loops, each of the multiple loops spaced apart from adjacent loops in the first direction and each loop surrounding the terminal length of the first and second suture tails such that the terminal length of the suture tails is disposed between the first surface of the graft and the loop; and continuing the act of repeatedly passing until reaching a final entry point in proximity to the first end of the graft.