Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1991-12-13
1993-11-02
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
A61F 232
Patent
active
052579964
ABSTRACT:
A system for the insertion of an object into biological tissue, has in one embodiment a pin and a pin passer, wherein the pin passer has an elongate body and first and second ends, and includes a receiving means for removably receiving the pin and an attachment means for removable attachment of the object. In one embodiment, the attachment means on the pin passer may be located at the second end and the receiving means may be include a notch that has a blind channel for insertion of the pin. The passer may further include a slot, for receiving the pin, extending from the notch proximal to the second. The slot is suitably configured to engage the pin securely, so that the pin may be removably inserted into the blind channel in the slot and secured into place in the slot. In an embodiment of the method according to the invention, the system of the invention may be utilized, in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery, to insert a bone-tendon-bone autograft into the knee.
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