Patent ID: 9101461
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
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 continuous suture loop and a button attached to the continuous suture loop, the button having a body and two eyelets extending through opposing surfaces of the body, the continuous suture loop being attached to the button by passage of the continuous loop through the two eyelets, and a single passing suture, wherein the single passing suture is passed through only one of the two eyelets; providing the suture loop/button construct in the vicinity of tissue to be positioned; attaching the tissue to be positioned to the continuous suture loop of the suture loop/button construct by folding the tissue to be positioned over the continuous suture loop; inserting and passing the suture loop/button construct with the attached tissue to be positioned, and pulling the suture loop/button construct with the attached tissue to be positioned through a socket or a tunnel in a bone, using only the single passing suture passed through only one of the two eyelets, the button having a length of about 10 mm to about 20 mm and a width that is about 1 mm narrower than a width of the socket or the tunnel through which the button is inserted and passed through, the passing suture single passing the folded tissue to be positioned into the socket or the tunnel in the bone, the button exiting the socket or the tunnel and beginning to flip horizontally as it exits cortical bone; and facilitating complete deployment of the button by distal traction on the folded tissue to be positioned and release of the single passing suture such that the button is secured on an outside surface of the bone and thereby secures the attached tissue to be positioned within the socket or tunnel.