Patent AU-2020250257-A1 (AU)
Title: Graft preparation system
Inventor: XEROGEANES JOHN
IPC: A61F2/02
Filed: 2020-10-08
Abstract: GRAFT PREPARATION SYSTEM 
ABSTRACT 
A graft preparation system comprising: a fixation implant (24) including a button (26) 
with a first button hole (28) and a second button hole (30), a first strand of suture (32) that passes 
through the first button hole (28), and a suture construct (34) that passes through both the first 
button hole (28) and the second button hole (30), wherein the suture construct (34) includes a 
first free strand (36) and a second free strand (38), and the suture construct (34) includes a first 
adjustable eyesplice (40) and a second adjustable eyesplice (42) interconnected by a loop (44) to 
form an adjustable loop (46); a graft preparation card (48) substantially rectangular in shape and 
including a graft edge (50), an opposing tenaculum edge (52), a first cleat edge (54) that defines 
a first cleat, an opposing second cleat edge (54) that defines a second cleat, a passage (60) having 
a longitudinal axis (A) extending from the graft edge (50), a first hole (62) and a second hole 
(64) located on each side of the passage (60), a first slit (66) that extends from the graft edge (50) 
to the first hole (62), a second slit (68) that extends from the graft edge (50) to the second hole 
(64), a first groove (70) on the graft edge (50) located above the first hole (62), a second groove 
(72) on the graft edge (50) located above the second hole (64), a third groove (74) located on the 
tenaculum edge (52), and a fourth groove (76) is located on the tenaculum edge (52), wherein a 
line extending between the first groove (70) and the third groove (74) is substantially parallel to 
the longitudinal axis and a line between the second groove (72) and the fourth groove (76) is 
substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, wherein the first strand of suture (32), the first free 
strand (36), and the second free strand (38) of the fixation implant (24) are wrapped around the 
graft preparation card (48), wherein the first adjustable eyesplice (40) of the suture construct (34) 
is received in the first groove (70) and the third groove (74) of the graft preparation card (48) and 
the second adjustable eyesplice (42) of the suture construct (34) is received in the second groove 
(72) and the fourth groove (76) of the graft preparation card (48), wherein the first adjustable 
eyesplice (40) is slidable through the first slit (66) to be received in the first hole (62) and the 
second adjustable eyesplice (42) is slidable through the second slit (68) to be received in the 
second hole (64), and wherein the loop (44) of the suture construct (34) is located between the 
first hole (62) and the second hole (64); a tenaculum (88) including a first arm (90) having a first 
tooth and a second arm (92) having a second tooth, wherein the first arm (90) and the second arm 
(92) are pivotally connected at a pivot, the first tooth and the second tooth are at a distal end of 
the first arm (90) and the second arm (92), respectively, of the tenaculum (88), and the first arm
(90) between the first tooth and the pivot includes a slot that receives the graft preparation card 
(48); and a tape suture assembly (105) including a tape suture (104), a first suture strand (106), a 
second suture strand (108), and a needle (110) attached to the first suture strand (106) and the 
second suture strand (108), wherein the tape suture (104) is positioned on a graft (10), the first 
suture strand (106) and the second suture strand (108) extend from a distal end portion of the 
tape suture (104), the tape suture (104) is attached to the graft (10) with stitches formed by the 
first suture strand (106) and the second suture strand (108), the first tooth of the tenaculum (88) 
pierces a proximal end portion of the tape suture (104), the second tooth of the tenaculum (88) 
pierces a proximal end portion of the graft (10), and the first suture strand (106) and the two free 
strands of the suture construct wrap around a first cleat and a second cleat of the graft 
preparation card (48).
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