ORTHOPEDIC STABILIZATION DEVICE, KIT AND METHOD

Abstract: an orthopedic stabilization device is provided having a first button, a second button and a suture extending therebetween. the first button has a base portion and a depending loop having an elongated loop opening therethrough. a locking member extends through the elongated loop opening and is retained with the loop when in a retained orientation and insertable or removable when in an unretained orientation. a portion of the suture is frictionally retainable between the locking member and the loop to thereby tie the first button to the second button when the locking member is in a clamping position.

Inventor(s): Samuel Nader, Wesley Lloyd Reed, Dinesh Koka

CPC Classification: A61B17/0401 ({Suture anchors, buttons or pledgets, i.e. means for attaching sutures to bone, cartilage or soft tissue; Instruments for applying or removing suture anchors ( takes precedence; fixation devices for tendons or ligaments )})

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