Methods of making reinforced soft grafts with suture loop/needle construct

摘要

Surgical constructs and methods for tissue to bone repair employing a tissue construct reinforced with a reinforcement (reinforcing) material such as suture, tape, weave or mesh, among many others. The reinforced construct preferably includes a stitched reinforced region formed by employing a suture loop construct with a free floating needle that is attached to the suture loop, and also with a piece of material (a reinforcement or reinforcing material) attached to the suture loop. The reinforced construct may be attached to any fixation device and/or any bone tunnel.

主权项

1. A method of reinforcing a biological construct, comprising:
positioning a reinforcement material relative to a graft; whipstitching the reinforcement material to the graft using a suture loop/needle construct to form a reinforced graft construct, the suture loop/needle construct including a continuous suture loop; attaching the reinforced graft construct to a suture loop/button construct to form an assembly, wherein the suture loop/needle construct is attached to the reinforcement material prior to the positioning step and the continuous suture loop of the suture loop/needle construct is either swedged or knotted to the reinforcement material prior to the positioning step; and utilizing the assembly as part of an ACL reconstruction.