Patent ID: 8075575
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of passing a tendon end through a flexor tendon sheath comprising: providing a surgical device comprising a member having a flared mouth, a length, a width perpendicular to the length, an inner surface, and an outer surface opposite the inner surface, the flared mouth adapted to prevent an edge of a pulley of the flexor tendon sheath from having excessive contact with the tendon end, and the outer surface and the flared mouth each being at least in part arcuate in a plane parallel to the width; inserting at least a portion of the member into a position within the pulley to contact the outer surface with an interior portion of the pulley and contacting the flared mouth with the edge of the pulley, the flared mouth defining an entrance to a passage through the pulley; inserting the tendon end into the entrance to the passage; and passing the tendon end through the passage while maintaining the position of the member with respect to the pulley.