Patent ID: 8753375
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of positioning tissue within the body, comprising the steps of: providing a suture loop/button construct having a Z-shaped button with at least one eyelet and a continuous suture loop attached to the at least one eyelet, wherein the Z-shaped button comprises a body with a longitudinal axis and two opposing parallel arms extending from opposite ends of the body, each arm disposed at an angle of 45 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis; providing the suture loop/button construct in the vicinity of tissue to be positioned; attaching the tissue to be positioned to the suture loop/button construct; inserting the suture loop/button construct and the attached tissue within a socket or a tunnel in a bone; pulling the suture loop/button construct with the attached tissue through the socket or the tunnel in the bone until the Z-shaped button exits the socket or the tunnel in the bone and is outside the bone; and flipping and securing the Z-shaped button on a surface of the bone, wherein the Z-shaped configuration of the button provides increased contact with the surface of the bone as compared to a straight oblong button.