Patent ID: 8888815
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of bone fixation, comprising: drilling a first hole through a first bone of two bones and an aligned second hole through a second bone of the two bones, wherein the two bones comprise two adjacent digits; providing a suture button construct comprising a first button, a second button, a suture strand attached to the first and second buttons, and a pull-through needle attached to the first button; passing the first button with the attached suture strand of the suture button construct through the hole in the first bone and through the hole in the second bone, the first button being oblong in shape and being passed through the first and second bones in a longitudinal orientation, and flipping the first button as it exits the hole in the second bone, the second button of the suture button construct being round in shape and remaining outside the hole of the first bone; subsequently, manually pushing the first bone to a desired position relative to the second bone; and tensioning the suture of the suture button construct and reducing the distance between the first and second button such that the buttons are positioned against the first and second bones to maintain the desired position of the first bone relative to the second, and securing the distance between the buttons of the suture button construct by tying a knot in the suture to maintain the first bone in the desired position relative to the second bone.