Patent ID: 7118578
Filing Date: 2006-10-10
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A tensioning system for use in joint repair surgery involving independent tensioning of multiple tissue graft strands attached to a bone tunnel, the tensioning system comprising: a plurality of breakaway guide pins adapted for attachment to a patient's bone, each breakaway guide pin including one or more notches or grooves that facilitate preferential breakage of the guide pin at or near the one or more notches or grooves, the one or more notches or grooves being spaced apart from a tip of the guide pin so that, after insertion of the guide pin into a patient's bone and breaking off a first portion of the guide pin, a remaining portion of the guide pin will extend from a patient's leg; and a tensioning device that provides for independent tensioning of multiple tissue graft strands attached to a bone tunnel, the tensioning device comprising: