Patent ID: 7776039
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for temporarily holding a tibia and a femur of a knee together in setting a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament, comprising steps of: (a) inserting a flexible, elongate material having a tibial portion and a femoral portion into the knee; (b) securing said femoral portion of said material to said femur at anatomic attachment of the anterior cruciate ligament; and (c) securing said tibial portion of said material to said tibia at the anatomic attachment of the anterior cruciate ligament, whereby said material mimics native anterior cruciate ligament function by maintaining physiological distance between said femur and said tibia during motion thus preventing distraction of the healing anterior cruciate ligament in all degrees of flexion and extension during healing of the ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.