Patents Examined by Zade Cooley
  • Patent number: 10512475
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for implanting a cross-pin through a bone tunnel, such as in an arthroscopic surgical procedure. In general, the methods and devices allow a cross-pin hole to be formed in a medial side of a knee bone such that it intersects a bone tunnel formed in the knee bone. In one embodiment, a cross-pinning guide device is provided that can be configured to angularly position the cross-pin hole relative to the bone tunnel to allow the cross-pin hole to intersect the bone tunnel without passing through another side, e.g., a lateral side, of the knee bone. The knee bone can be a femur or a tibia such that the cross-pin hole and the bone tunnel can each be entirely formed in the femur or in the tibia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC
    Inventors: Jose E. Lizardi, Peter Reynaert, Stephen J. Orphanos, David B. Spenciner