Patent ID: 7591850
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of surgically anchoring a device in a target location within a condyle of a femur, comprising: forming a first passageway in the condyle of the femur; forming a second passageway in the condyle of the femur, the first passageway intersecting the second passageway at the target location, the second passageway comprising an upward tunnel formed substantially transverse to the first passageway; pulling a first suture and a second suture attached to a tissue partially through the second passageway to the target location, the first suture and the second suture extending over a fold in the tissue; grabbing the second suture from the second passageway and pulling the second suture through the first passageway; threading the second suture through a cannulated dilator; tracking the cannulated dilator through the first passageway on the second suture, said second suture guiding said cannulated dilator to said target location; forming an enlarged opening in the fold of the tissue in said target location using said cannulated dilator, said cannulated dilator penetrating the fold of the tissue at said target location; inserting a distal end of a guide wire into said enlarged opening through said cannulated dilator; sliding an anchoring device on said guide wire into said enlarged opening.