Patent ID: 8663324
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of all-inside double socket ACL reconstruction, comprising the steps of: forming a femoral socket within the femur in an antegrade manner through an anteromedial portal; forming a tibial socket within the tibia by drilling only part of the tibia, in a retrograde manner, using a rotary drill cutter; attaching a graft to a suture loop/button construct, the suture loop/button construct comprising a button having at least one eyelet and a continuous suture loop attached to the eyelet, by folding the graft in half over the continuous suture loop; pulling the graft folded in half over the continuous suture loop and the attached button through the anteromedial portal; and securing one end of the graft within the femoral socket and the other end of the graft within the tibial socket by pulling intraarticularly the suture loop/button construct with the attached graft into the femoral socket, deploying the button so that the button exits the femoral socket and flips horizontally on the cortex, to secure the one end of graft in the femoral socket, and securing the other end of the graft in the tibial socket with at least one of an interference screw and a suture/button construct, wherein the steps of forming the femoral and tibial socket and the step of securing the graft within the femoral and tibial sockets are all conducted in an all-inside manner.