Patent ID: 7172626
Filing Date: 2007-02-06
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. In a method for reconstructing a knee, wherein a torn ACL is replaced with two loops of tendons defining four tendon strands, the ends of each strand having sutures therein, the tendon loops being fixed in a femoral tunnel with a fixation pin and extending into and through a tibial tunnel, the improvement residing in the steps of: tying the ends of each tendon together to form two tendon loops, providing an elongate tensioning device comprising a three to nine inch long, flexible, non-elastic suture, string or cord having a first end and a second end and first and second hooks, each hook being fixed to one end of the suture, string or cord, placing each hook of the elongate tensioning device over one of the two tendon loops, applying tension on the elongate tensioning device to apply tension on the four tendon strands, followed by anchoring the ends of the four tendon strands to the tibia.