CA2122947A1 - Arbor press staple and washer and method for its use - Google Patents
Arbor press staple and washer and method for its useInfo
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
An arbor press staple and washer of the invention is for use in a practice of a surgical procedure for securing a ligament, that is either natural or prosthetic, onto a bone cortex surface and includes a staple having spaced equal parallel legs with a flat web arranged between the top ends of the staple legs. The staple is for driving into a bone cortex surface and includes barb ridges around three of its four sides for resisting staple withdrawal.
The staple flat web includes at least one hole, that is preferably tapped, formed therethrough that is for receiving a threaded section of a threaded pin turned therethrough, and includes a pair of guide posts that extend, at right angles, from the web undersurface. An arbor plate type washer, that is a flat plate that has concave notches formed in opposite ends, is for arrangement between the staple legs, the concave notches sliding along the staple legs prohibiting washer rotation. The flat plate includes a pair of guide post holes that receive the guide pins that extend from the staple web undersurface, and includes a center smooth hole wherethrough a pin end of the threaded pin travels to where the threaded section lower face and engages the flat plate top surface, the continued turning of the threaded pin to urge the washer away from the staple web, causing spikes that extend from the washer flat plate undersurface to travel through a ligament that the staple legs straddle and into a bone cortex surface.
An arbor press staple and washer of the invention is for use in a practice of a surgical procedure for securing a ligament, that is either natural or prosthetic, onto a bone cortex surface and includes a staple having spaced equal parallel legs with a flat web arranged between the top ends of the staple legs. The staple is for driving into a bone cortex surface and includes barb ridges around three of its four sides for resisting staple withdrawal.
The staple flat web includes at least one hole, that is preferably tapped, formed therethrough that is for receiving a threaded section of a threaded pin turned therethrough, and includes a pair of guide posts that extend, at right angles, from the web undersurface. An arbor plate type washer, that is a flat plate that has concave notches formed in opposite ends, is for arrangement between the staple legs, the concave notches sliding along the staple legs prohibiting washer rotation. The flat plate includes a pair of guide post holes that receive the guide pins that extend from the staple web undersurface, and includes a center smooth hole wherethrough a pin end of the threaded pin travels to where the threaded section lower face and engages the flat plate top surface, the continued turning of the threaded pin to urge the washer away from the staple web, causing spikes that extend from the washer flat plate undersurface to travel through a ligament that the staple legs straddle and into a bone cortex surface.
Description
. 2122~7 ~ -BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention This invention relates to devices and arrangements for securing a ligament, or the like, onto a bone surface during a ligament repair or replacement surgical procedure. ~ -Prior Art ~`
one of the present inventors is the co-inventor of an earlier invention entitled, Channel ~igament Clamp and System, U. S. Patent No. 4,960,420, and a U. S. Patent Application entitled, Improved ;~
Channel Ligament Clamp, Serial No. 07/959,546, that show arrangements of clamping devices for mounting a ligament onto a ~;
bone surface. Which channel ligament clamps, like the present invention, employ a flat ligament engaging surface, wherefrom a plurality of spikes extend to penetrate the ligament and pass into the bone surface providing purchase therewith. Unique therefrom, the present invention provides, as a reference, a staple arrangement with parallel leg5~for driving into a bone sur~ace, to straddlQ a ligament, with a movable arbor plate type washer i~
wherefrom spikes extend arranged to travel between the staple legs through a ligament and into the bone surface. For moving the arbor ~-`-`
plate type washer, the staple web is flattened and has a tapped hole formed therethrough that a threaded pin is turned into. The pin has a pointed end that when it is turned through the tapped `~
hole, travels into a center hole that has been formed in the arbor ' - .
Field of the Invention This invention relates to devices and arrangements for securing a ligament, or the like, onto a bone surface during a ligament repair or replacement surgical procedure. ~ -Prior Art ~`
one of the present inventors is the co-inventor of an earlier invention entitled, Channel ~igament Clamp and System, U. S. Patent No. 4,960,420, and a U. S. Patent Application entitled, Improved ;~
Channel Ligament Clamp, Serial No. 07/959,546, that show arrangements of clamping devices for mounting a ligament onto a ~;
bone surface. Which channel ligament clamps, like the present invention, employ a flat ligament engaging surface, wherefrom a plurality of spikes extend to penetrate the ligament and pass into the bone surface providing purchase therewith. Unique therefrom, the present invention provides, as a reference, a staple arrangement with parallel leg5~for driving into a bone sur~ace, to straddlQ a ligament, with a movable arbor plate type washer i~
wherefrom spikes extend arranged to travel between the staple legs through a ligament and into the bone surface. For moving the arbor ~-`-`
plate type washer, the staple web is flattened and has a tapped hole formed therethrough that a threaded pin is turned into. The pin has a pointed end that when it is turned through the tapped `~
hole, travels into a center hole that has been formed in the arbor ' - .
- 2~229~17 plate type washer, a flat section above the pin top end urging that arbor plate type washer away from the staple web forcing the arbor plate type washer spikes through a ligament that the staple legs straddle and into the bone cortex.
Additional to the above cited channel ligament clamp type systems, staple arrangements that do not include the movable arbor plate type washer, have been earlier employed in ligament repair and replacement surgical procedures for attaching a ligament to a bone surface. Examples o~ such staple devices ~or medlcal applications are shown in patents to Hall, U.S. Patent No.
4,047,524; to Johnson, et al, U.S. Patent No. 4,146,022; to Griggs, U.S Patent No. 4,263,903; to Borzone, U.S. Patent No. 4,278,091;
to Kurland, U.S. Patent No. 4,400,833; to Shapiro, U.S. Patent No.
4,414,967; to Pratt, et al, U.S. Patent No. 4,438,769; and to Wevers, et al, U.S. Patent No. 4,456,006. All of which staple devices provide for fitting the staple like device across the ligament to secure the ligament between the staple legs by driving it into the bcne surface. None of these staple devices, however, employ a movable spike mounting arbor plate type washer like that o~ the present invention, and an arrangement ~or moving the spikes of that arbor plate type washer into a ligament that is independent of movement of the staple, as does the present invention. Also, while a number of staple and staple like devices are common to wood working, none employ the movable arbor plate type washer arrangement like that of the present invention, and are additionally structurally and functionally unlike the present . ::
2122~ 17 invention. some examples of wood working type staple like devices are shown in early patents to Tileston, U.S. Patent No. 82,181; to Southwick, u.S~ Patent No. 431,175; to Yost, u.s. Patent No.
758,881; to Hartley, U.S. Patent No. 1,425,199; to Thompson, U.S.
Patent No. 1,598,026; to Dyer, u.s. Patent No. 1,638,477; to Le Page, U.s. Patent No. 1,948,462; to Putnam, U.S. Patent No.
2,134,765; to Soderberg, u.s. Patent No. 2,398,603; and in a later patent to Lambuth, U.S. Patent No. 4,659,604.
Some examples of other devices for connecting ligament ends to a bone surface or within a bone are shown in a patent to Hunt, et al, U.S. Patent No. 4,590,928 and in patents that one of the present inventors is the co-inventor of, U.S. Patent No.`s 4,632,100 and 4,738,255. Further patents to Vives, et al, U.S.
Patent No. 4,711,234 and to Paulos, et al, U.S. Patent No.
4,988,351, show, respectively, pin and disk couplings for ligament mounting to a bone mass. Also, devices for mounting a ligament onto a bone surface are shown in patents to Jurgutis, U.S. Patent No. 4,592,346 and to Frey, et al, U.S. Patent No. 4,793,335 that show multi-pin staple arrangements.
None oP which connector and mounting con~igurations, set out above, however, involve a staple with a spike mounting arbor plate type washer that is arranged to be vertically movable, guided by the staple legs, that includes with the staple legs seated in a bone surface an arrangement for moving the arbor plate type washer so as to clamp a ligament onto the bone surface.
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BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is a principal object of the present invention in an arbor press staple and washer to provide a combination of a staple for driving into a bone cortex, straddling a ligament, and a movable arbor plate type washer with spikes extending therefrom that is arranged between the staple legs tG travel into to secure the ligament onto the bone cortex.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an arbor press staple and washer where the staple parallel legs are pointed and include ridge barbs ~ormed at spaced at intervals thereacross for binding in the bone when the staple is driven into the bone cortex.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an arbor press staple and washer where the staple web is a flattened section wherethrough at least one hole is formed that receives a section of a pin fitted therethrough, a pin end thereof engaging the washer to urge it away from the staple web to where the washer spikes travel into a ligament that the staple legs straddle.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an arbor press staple and washer where the washer is guided away from the staple web undersurface so as to remain essentially parallel to the web undersurfacQ as the pin section moves the washer such that its spikes travel into the ligament. ;-Another object of the present invention is to provide an arbor . ~ I .
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pin pointed end to slide through a center hole formed in the washer, parallel to the arbor plate spikes, to where the threaded section lower face engages the arbor plate type washer, urging it away from the staple web undersurface.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an arbor press staple and washer that is formed of a human body compatible material and is easy and reliable to use for securing a ligament onto a bone cortex surface.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method utilizing an arbor press staple and washer for exactly mounting a ligament onto a bone surface that is also capable of performing a self jacking function for lifting staple legs out of a bone cortex wherein the legs have been driven for removal of the staple.
The arbor press staple and washer of the present invention includes a staple preferably having equal parallel legs that are each pointed on lower ends thereof. Each staple leg includes spaced ridge barbs iormed at intervals thereacross around three of four sides, for driving into a bone cortex, the ridge barbs discouraging staple withdrawal. The staple includes a wide flat web between top ends of the staple legs that includes at least one hole that is preferably centered and a center tapped formed therethrough, the hole or holes each for receiving a shaft fitted therethrough to engage and force a flat plate type washer along the staple legs, away from the staple web. The shaft may be arranged to be a snap-in spring loaded, or the like, but preferably involves ; :"" ' ' ';~
r_. r_~,.. .r. . ' ' " ' - - - 2122~17 a threaded section formed around an upper section of a threaded pin that is turned through the hole that has been threaded. The threaded pin including a sharp pin end extending axially from the bottom face of the threaded section. The flat arbor plate type washer, preferably includes notches formed in its opposite ends, that are fitted between to slide along the staple parallel legs.
The arbor plate type washer undersurface includes a plurality of spikes that extend parallel to one another at approximately right angles therefrom at the washer corners and surrounding the hole or holes ~ormed therethrough that receive the pin end fitted therethrough. The staple web undersurface further includes a pair of spaced guide posts that extend at right angles therefrom and are to fit into spaced guide holes formed in the arbor plate type washer. The guide pins for guiding the washer as the threaded section of the pin is turned in the tapped flat web hole, urging the arbor plate washer away from the staple web undersurface, the washer spikes to pass through, a ligament that the staple legs straddle.
To mount a ligament onto a bone cortex surface utilizing the arbor press staple and washer o~ the invention, the arbor plate type washer is ~itted between the staple legs, and the staple, straddling a ligament, is driven into a bone cortex, the ridge barbs of the staple legs binding into the bone to prevent removal of the staple legs from the bone cortex. Whereafter, the threaded section of the threaded pin is turned into each tapped hole that has been formed in the staple web, the pin pointed end traveling '....
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through a smooth center hole formed in the arbor plate type washer to where the pin extends therethrough. so arranged, an undersurface of the pin threaded section engages the arbor plate type washer top surface around the hole, urging it away from the staple web. The arbor plate type washer is guided along the guide posts, with the arbor plate type washer lower face wherefrom spaced spikes extend and the pin pointed end urged through the ligament and into the bone cortex, mounting it thereto. To release the ligament, the threaded pin can be turned out of the staple web tapped hole, releasing the arbor plate type washer and allowing the washer spikes to be pulled out of the ligament, releasing the ligament to be pulled out from between the staple legs. To remove the staple a threaded shaft is substituted for the threaded pin and is turned against the washer top surface or against the bone itself. Where, with continued shaft turning, the staple legs are jacked out of the bone cortex allowing for staple removal.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
These and other objects and features of the present invention will hecome more fully apparent from the following description taken in con;unction with the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a side elevatio~ per~pective view of a distal femur and proximal tibia of a patient's knee showing a ligament installed in a straight ligament tunnel that has been formed across the ligament points of origin, with a ligament tibial end shown mounted to the tibial cortex surface utilizing an arbor press staple and washer of the inventlon;
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--- 2122~7 Fig . 2 is an exploded profile perspective view of the arbor press staple and washer of the invention;
Fig. 3 is an assembled view of the arbor press staple and washer or Fig. 2, showing an end section of an alan wrench fitting into a hexagon sided longitudinal opening in the top surface of a threaded pin that is aligned for turning into a tapped hole formed in the center of a staple flat web;
Fig. 4 is a side elevation view o~ the arbor press staple and washer o~ Fig. 3 with the staple legs shown driven into a bone cortex; and Fig. 5 is a view like Fig. 4, showing the threaded pin as having been turned into the staple web tapped hole, urging the arbor plate type washer spikes into the bone cortex. -DETAILED DESCRIPTION ~
In ligament repair or replacement surgical procedures that ~-involve biologic or prosthetic ligament gra~ts, a ligament end may be required to be exactly positioned and maintained onto a bone cortex location. Once proper ligament positioning is determined a ra~tener device io used to attach the ligament end onto that bone ~urrace at the required location, which ligament is usually maintained under tension. The need for exact positioning of a ligament while maintaining proper ligament tensioning is obviously ~ ;
difficult. This difficulty is minimized utilizing the arbor press staple and washer 10 the invention, hereinafter referred to as arbor press staple.
The arbor press staple 10, is shown in Fig. 1, as mounting a ' " :' ': :
2122~ 17 tibial end 12 of a natural ligament 11 onto a tibia 14 surface, the ligament 11 shown endosteally mounted in a femoral tunnel end of a straight ligament tunnel that has been formed into the distal femur 13 and proximal tibia 14, in a cruciate ligament replacement procedure. The ligament tibial end 12 is shown fixed onto the tibia cortex 15. The above set out utilization of the arbor press staple 10 of the invention, it should be understood, is for example only and the invention can be used for many applications where it is required to mount a ligament onto a bone surface.
Shown best in Figs. 2 and 3, the arbor press staple 10 includes a staple 16 that preferably has a pair of identical parallel straight legs 17, each having a pointed end 18, and each having a number of barb ridges 19 that are formed across the three ~ides o~ the four sides of staple legs, at spaced intervals therealong. Each of the barb ridges 19 extends around all but the opposing faces of the staple legs 17, and has a face l9a that slopes outwardly from a contact with the staple surface and upwardly ~rom the staple pointed ends 18. A right angle or greater leg l9b is shown extending back to the staple surface forming a base leg. The barb ridge sloping surface l9a is to slide into a hole for~ed into the bone cortex 15 as the staple is driven therein, the bone material flowing around that staple leg, with the barb ridge leg l9b, at its ~unction with the sloping face l9a, prohibiting staple withdrawal.
The staple 16, includes a flat web 20 secured between the top ends of staple legs 17. The web 20, as shown, has a diamond shape , -- 2122~7 the most distant ends 20a mounting, at right angles, the staple legs 17 to the we~ undersurface, with guide posts 21 shown extending, at right angles, from the web 20 undersurface, at the diamond proximal ends 20b. The guide posts 21 are for guiding an arbor plate type washer 28 as set out and discussed in detail hereinbelow.
As shown best in Figs. 2 and 3, the staple web 20 is shown as including a center hole 22 that is formed therethrough though, it should be understood, a plurality of holes could be so formed, each ior receiving a pin fitted therein, within the scope of this disclosure. Which center hole 22 is shown as tapped with threads 23. A threaded pin 24 is shown aligned with web center hole 22 for fitting therein. Threads 25 are formed along an upper or top section of the threaded pin for turning into the web center hole threads 23. Turning of the pin threads 25 into the web center hole threads Z3 causes a pin 26, that is connected to extend axially irom the undersurface of the pin threaded section, to project through the web center hole 22 at a right angle to the web undersurface. Turning of the threaded pin 24 into the web center hole 22 pro~ects the pin 26 downwardly, a sloping surface 26a of the pin 24, irom a pointed énd 26b upwardly to a cylindrical section ior travel into a center opening 33 of an arbor plate type washer 30, as set out hereinbelow. The turning of the thread pin 24 is preferably provided, as shown in Fig. 3, by fitting an end 29 of an Alan Wrench type tool into a sided recess 28 that has been formed into the top surface of the threaded pin 24. The recess 28 ' " :;. ~
--- 2122~7 is shown to have a hexagon, six sided shape, to accommodate the Alan Wrench type tool end 29 fitted therein. Though, of course, another tool and recess arrangement could be so used within the scope of this disclosure. One such arrangement could be a screw driver with a straight slot formed across the threaded pin top surface, or the like. Also, while the arrangement of the threaded pin 24 for turning in threaded center hole 23 is preferred it should be understood that other arrangements for extending a shaft or pin from the undersurface of the staple web 20 to engage the arbor press type washer could be utilized within the scope of this disclosure. For example, a non-threaded snap-on pin and hole arrangement or a spring loaded shaft, not shown, could be so used within the scope of this disclosure and, as set out above, plurality or pins and holes formed through the staple web 20 can be utilized, as required.
Shown in Figs. 2 and 3, an arbor plate type washer 30, hereinafter referred to as washer, is positioned, as shown in Fig.
2, to slide vertically between the staple legs 17, to the attitude shown in Fig. 3. AB shown, the washer 30 consists of a flat plate 31 that includes a center ~mooth wall opening 33 formed therethrough that is of a diameter to allow the threaded pin 24 pointed end 26b and sloping portion 26a to pass therethrough, along with the pin 26 cylindrical section 27, to where the threaded portion 25 undersurface rests on the washer 31 surface around opening 33. With continued turning of the threaded pin 24, the flat plate 31 slides down the staple legs 17. To maintain the .
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2122~ ~7 washer between the staple legs, the washer includes arcuate notches 32 formed in opposite sides of the flat plate 31. so arranged, the -washer fla~ plate surface between the notches 32 is to fit between the staple legs, the flat plate corners 32a extending beyond the staple iegs, for prohibiting washer 30 rotation. Additional to the notches 32, for stabilizing the ~asher between staple legs 17, the flat plate 31 includes guide post holes 34 that are formed ~ therethrough for receiving the guide posts 21 that extend from the I staple web 20 unde~surface. The washer 30 is to slide along the guide posts as the threaded pin 24 is turned into staple web center hole 22, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.
For engaging and mounting a ligament end 12 onto a bone cortex 15 utilizing the arbor press staple 10, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the undersurface of the washer flat plate 31 includes a plurality of straight spikes that extend at right angles therefrom. Shown in Figs. 2 through 5, the straight spikes include corner spikes 35 and a ~quare of spikes 36 that are arranged at equal intervals around the flat plate 31 center opening 33. The spikes 35 and 36 along with the pin 26, as shown~ are to travel into and through the ligament end 12 and may travel into the bone cortex 15 for ligament end mounting so as to provide a mounting that has a strong purchase. Of course, as the arbor press staple 10 is for human ~-implantation it must be formed of a human compatible material such ~i~
as a stainless steel, or other suitable material.
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2122.~47 whereto a ligament is to be fixed. ~ich positioning may involvs mounting a positioning tool, not shown, to the staple web 20 for use in directing the staple legs pointed ends 18 to a desired location on the bone, so as to straddle a ligament end 12 to be fixed thereto. Such tool can be a driver for receiving a hammer blow on one end that is transmitted into the staple, driving the pointed ends 18 of staple legs 17 into the bone cortex, and can provide for mounting to the staple web as by turning a component o~ that tool into the threads 23 of the web center hole 22, facilitating staple positioning. Prior to driving which staple 16 into the bone cortex 15, the washer 30 is fitted between the staple legs 17 such that the washer flat plate 31 arcuate notched sides 32 will slide along the staple legs.
The staple 16 is driven into the bone cortex 15 to provide a desired spacing of the arbor plate spikes 35 and 36 ends above the bone surface. The spikes 35 and 36 that extend from the bottom ~3urface of which fixed plate are to travel into the ligament end 12 that has been positioned between the staple legs 17, and may travel into the location on the bone sur~ace. Further, for guiding the movement o~ the washer 30, the staple web 20 undersurface $ncludes the pair of spaced guide posts 21 that align to fit into guide post holes 34 that are formed in the washer flat plate 31, the guide posts 21 to slide therealong as the washer 30 is moved vertically. To provide washer movement, as set out above, the threaded pin 24 threaded end 25 is turned into the threads 23 of web center hole 22, projecting the pin 26 downwardly from the .:~
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staple web, into a smooth flat plate center hole 33. The pin 26 is to travel fully through the web center hole 22 with the lower face of the threaded pin section 25 engaging and urging the washer flat plate 31 away from the staple web 20 undersurface. The washer 30 thereby functions as an arbor press, the threaded pin 24 functioning as a piston to urge the washer away from the staple web 20 towards the bone surface. In which movement the washer flat plate spikes 35 and 36 along with pin 26 travel into and through the ligament end 12 and may travel into the bone cortex 15.
To remove the ligament from the bone cortex 15 the threaded pin 24 may be turned out of the web center hole 22, allowing the washer 30 to be lifted off of the ligament that can then be slid out from under the spikes 35 and 36. For removing the staple 16 from the bone cortex 15, a shaft that is like the threaded pin 24, that includes threads for turning in the web center hole 22 and is somewhat longer, is turned into the center hole 22 to engage the washer 30 with a pointed or blunt end thereof. The washer is thereby urged against the bone cortex and, with continued shaft turning in the staple web threaded center hole 22, the staple web tend~ to be moved away ~rom the bone cortex pulling or jacking the ~taple legs 17 out of the bone cortex, allowing the staple to be pulled therefrom.
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Additional to the above cited channel ligament clamp type systems, staple arrangements that do not include the movable arbor plate type washer, have been earlier employed in ligament repair and replacement surgical procedures for attaching a ligament to a bone surface. Examples o~ such staple devices ~or medlcal applications are shown in patents to Hall, U.S. Patent No.
4,047,524; to Johnson, et al, U.S. Patent No. 4,146,022; to Griggs, U.S Patent No. 4,263,903; to Borzone, U.S. Patent No. 4,278,091;
to Kurland, U.S. Patent No. 4,400,833; to Shapiro, U.S. Patent No.
4,414,967; to Pratt, et al, U.S. Patent No. 4,438,769; and to Wevers, et al, U.S. Patent No. 4,456,006. All of which staple devices provide for fitting the staple like device across the ligament to secure the ligament between the staple legs by driving it into the bcne surface. None of these staple devices, however, employ a movable spike mounting arbor plate type washer like that o~ the present invention, and an arrangement ~or moving the spikes of that arbor plate type washer into a ligament that is independent of movement of the staple, as does the present invention. Also, while a number of staple and staple like devices are common to wood working, none employ the movable arbor plate type washer arrangement like that of the present invention, and are additionally structurally and functionally unlike the present . ::
2122~ 17 invention. some examples of wood working type staple like devices are shown in early patents to Tileston, U.S. Patent No. 82,181; to Southwick, u.S~ Patent No. 431,175; to Yost, u.s. Patent No.
758,881; to Hartley, U.S. Patent No. 1,425,199; to Thompson, U.S.
Patent No. 1,598,026; to Dyer, u.s. Patent No. 1,638,477; to Le Page, U.s. Patent No. 1,948,462; to Putnam, U.S. Patent No.
2,134,765; to Soderberg, u.s. Patent No. 2,398,603; and in a later patent to Lambuth, U.S. Patent No. 4,659,604.
Some examples of other devices for connecting ligament ends to a bone surface or within a bone are shown in a patent to Hunt, et al, U.S. Patent No. 4,590,928 and in patents that one of the present inventors is the co-inventor of, U.S. Patent No.`s 4,632,100 and 4,738,255. Further patents to Vives, et al, U.S.
Patent No. 4,711,234 and to Paulos, et al, U.S. Patent No.
4,988,351, show, respectively, pin and disk couplings for ligament mounting to a bone mass. Also, devices for mounting a ligament onto a bone surface are shown in patents to Jurgutis, U.S. Patent No. 4,592,346 and to Frey, et al, U.S. Patent No. 4,793,335 that show multi-pin staple arrangements.
None oP which connector and mounting con~igurations, set out above, however, involve a staple with a spike mounting arbor plate type washer that is arranged to be vertically movable, guided by the staple legs, that includes with the staple legs seated in a bone surface an arrangement for moving the arbor plate type washer so as to clamp a ligament onto the bone surface.
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BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is a principal object of the present invention in an arbor press staple and washer to provide a combination of a staple for driving into a bone cortex, straddling a ligament, and a movable arbor plate type washer with spikes extending therefrom that is arranged between the staple legs tG travel into to secure the ligament onto the bone cortex.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an arbor press staple and washer where the staple parallel legs are pointed and include ridge barbs ~ormed at spaced at intervals thereacross for binding in the bone when the staple is driven into the bone cortex.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an arbor press staple and washer where the staple web is a flattened section wherethrough at least one hole is formed that receives a section of a pin fitted therethrough, a pin end thereof engaging the washer to urge it away from the staple web to where the washer spikes travel into a ligament that the staple legs straddle.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an arbor press staple and washer where the washer is guided away from the staple web undersurface so as to remain essentially parallel to the web undersurfacQ as the pin section moves the washer such that its spikes travel into the ligament. ;-Another object of the present invention is to provide an arbor . ~ I .
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pin pointed end to slide through a center hole formed in the washer, parallel to the arbor plate spikes, to where the threaded section lower face engages the arbor plate type washer, urging it away from the staple web undersurface.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an arbor press staple and washer that is formed of a human body compatible material and is easy and reliable to use for securing a ligament onto a bone cortex surface.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method utilizing an arbor press staple and washer for exactly mounting a ligament onto a bone surface that is also capable of performing a self jacking function for lifting staple legs out of a bone cortex wherein the legs have been driven for removal of the staple.
The arbor press staple and washer of the present invention includes a staple preferably having equal parallel legs that are each pointed on lower ends thereof. Each staple leg includes spaced ridge barbs iormed at intervals thereacross around three of four sides, for driving into a bone cortex, the ridge barbs discouraging staple withdrawal. The staple includes a wide flat web between top ends of the staple legs that includes at least one hole that is preferably centered and a center tapped formed therethrough, the hole or holes each for receiving a shaft fitted therethrough to engage and force a flat plate type washer along the staple legs, away from the staple web. The shaft may be arranged to be a snap-in spring loaded, or the like, but preferably involves ; :"" ' ' ';~
r_. r_~,.. .r. . ' ' " ' - - - 2122~17 a threaded section formed around an upper section of a threaded pin that is turned through the hole that has been threaded. The threaded pin including a sharp pin end extending axially from the bottom face of the threaded section. The flat arbor plate type washer, preferably includes notches formed in its opposite ends, that are fitted between to slide along the staple parallel legs.
The arbor plate type washer undersurface includes a plurality of spikes that extend parallel to one another at approximately right angles therefrom at the washer corners and surrounding the hole or holes ~ormed therethrough that receive the pin end fitted therethrough. The staple web undersurface further includes a pair of spaced guide posts that extend at right angles therefrom and are to fit into spaced guide holes formed in the arbor plate type washer. The guide pins for guiding the washer as the threaded section of the pin is turned in the tapped flat web hole, urging the arbor plate washer away from the staple web undersurface, the washer spikes to pass through, a ligament that the staple legs straddle.
To mount a ligament onto a bone cortex surface utilizing the arbor press staple and washer o~ the invention, the arbor plate type washer is ~itted between the staple legs, and the staple, straddling a ligament, is driven into a bone cortex, the ridge barbs of the staple legs binding into the bone to prevent removal of the staple legs from the bone cortex. Whereafter, the threaded section of the threaded pin is turned into each tapped hole that has been formed in the staple web, the pin pointed end traveling '....
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through a smooth center hole formed in the arbor plate type washer to where the pin extends therethrough. so arranged, an undersurface of the pin threaded section engages the arbor plate type washer top surface around the hole, urging it away from the staple web. The arbor plate type washer is guided along the guide posts, with the arbor plate type washer lower face wherefrom spaced spikes extend and the pin pointed end urged through the ligament and into the bone cortex, mounting it thereto. To release the ligament, the threaded pin can be turned out of the staple web tapped hole, releasing the arbor plate type washer and allowing the washer spikes to be pulled out of the ligament, releasing the ligament to be pulled out from between the staple legs. To remove the staple a threaded shaft is substituted for the threaded pin and is turned against the washer top surface or against the bone itself. Where, with continued shaft turning, the staple legs are jacked out of the bone cortex allowing for staple removal.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
These and other objects and features of the present invention will hecome more fully apparent from the following description taken in con;unction with the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a side elevatio~ per~pective view of a distal femur and proximal tibia of a patient's knee showing a ligament installed in a straight ligament tunnel that has been formed across the ligament points of origin, with a ligament tibial end shown mounted to the tibial cortex surface utilizing an arbor press staple and washer of the inventlon;
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Fig. 3 is an assembled view of the arbor press staple and washer or Fig. 2, showing an end section of an alan wrench fitting into a hexagon sided longitudinal opening in the top surface of a threaded pin that is aligned for turning into a tapped hole formed in the center of a staple flat web;
Fig. 4 is a side elevation view o~ the arbor press staple and washer o~ Fig. 3 with the staple legs shown driven into a bone cortex; and Fig. 5 is a view like Fig. 4, showing the threaded pin as having been turned into the staple web tapped hole, urging the arbor plate type washer spikes into the bone cortex. -DETAILED DESCRIPTION ~
In ligament repair or replacement surgical procedures that ~-involve biologic or prosthetic ligament gra~ts, a ligament end may be required to be exactly positioned and maintained onto a bone cortex location. Once proper ligament positioning is determined a ra~tener device io used to attach the ligament end onto that bone ~urrace at the required location, which ligament is usually maintained under tension. The need for exact positioning of a ligament while maintaining proper ligament tensioning is obviously ~ ;
difficult. This difficulty is minimized utilizing the arbor press staple and washer 10 the invention, hereinafter referred to as arbor press staple.
The arbor press staple 10, is shown in Fig. 1, as mounting a ' " :' ': :
2122~ 17 tibial end 12 of a natural ligament 11 onto a tibia 14 surface, the ligament 11 shown endosteally mounted in a femoral tunnel end of a straight ligament tunnel that has been formed into the distal femur 13 and proximal tibia 14, in a cruciate ligament replacement procedure. The ligament tibial end 12 is shown fixed onto the tibia cortex 15. The above set out utilization of the arbor press staple 10 of the invention, it should be understood, is for example only and the invention can be used for many applications where it is required to mount a ligament onto a bone surface.
Shown best in Figs. 2 and 3, the arbor press staple 10 includes a staple 16 that preferably has a pair of identical parallel straight legs 17, each having a pointed end 18, and each having a number of barb ridges 19 that are formed across the three ~ides o~ the four sides of staple legs, at spaced intervals therealong. Each of the barb ridges 19 extends around all but the opposing faces of the staple legs 17, and has a face l9a that slopes outwardly from a contact with the staple surface and upwardly ~rom the staple pointed ends 18. A right angle or greater leg l9b is shown extending back to the staple surface forming a base leg. The barb ridge sloping surface l9a is to slide into a hole for~ed into the bone cortex 15 as the staple is driven therein, the bone material flowing around that staple leg, with the barb ridge leg l9b, at its ~unction with the sloping face l9a, prohibiting staple withdrawal.
The staple 16, includes a flat web 20 secured between the top ends of staple legs 17. The web 20, as shown, has a diamond shape , -- 2122~7 the most distant ends 20a mounting, at right angles, the staple legs 17 to the we~ undersurface, with guide posts 21 shown extending, at right angles, from the web 20 undersurface, at the diamond proximal ends 20b. The guide posts 21 are for guiding an arbor plate type washer 28 as set out and discussed in detail hereinbelow.
As shown best in Figs. 2 and 3, the staple web 20 is shown as including a center hole 22 that is formed therethrough though, it should be understood, a plurality of holes could be so formed, each ior receiving a pin fitted therein, within the scope of this disclosure. Which center hole 22 is shown as tapped with threads 23. A threaded pin 24 is shown aligned with web center hole 22 for fitting therein. Threads 25 are formed along an upper or top section of the threaded pin for turning into the web center hole threads 23. Turning of the pin threads 25 into the web center hole threads Z3 causes a pin 26, that is connected to extend axially irom the undersurface of the pin threaded section, to project through the web center hole 22 at a right angle to the web undersurface. Turning of the threaded pin 24 into the web center hole 22 pro~ects the pin 26 downwardly, a sloping surface 26a of the pin 24, irom a pointed énd 26b upwardly to a cylindrical section ior travel into a center opening 33 of an arbor plate type washer 30, as set out hereinbelow. The turning of the thread pin 24 is preferably provided, as shown in Fig. 3, by fitting an end 29 of an Alan Wrench type tool into a sided recess 28 that has been formed into the top surface of the threaded pin 24. The recess 28 ' " :;. ~
--- 2122~7 is shown to have a hexagon, six sided shape, to accommodate the Alan Wrench type tool end 29 fitted therein. Though, of course, another tool and recess arrangement could be so used within the scope of this disclosure. One such arrangement could be a screw driver with a straight slot formed across the threaded pin top surface, or the like. Also, while the arrangement of the threaded pin 24 for turning in threaded center hole 23 is preferred it should be understood that other arrangements for extending a shaft or pin from the undersurface of the staple web 20 to engage the arbor press type washer could be utilized within the scope of this disclosure. For example, a non-threaded snap-on pin and hole arrangement or a spring loaded shaft, not shown, could be so used within the scope of this disclosure and, as set out above, plurality or pins and holes formed through the staple web 20 can be utilized, as required.
Shown in Figs. 2 and 3, an arbor plate type washer 30, hereinafter referred to as washer, is positioned, as shown in Fig.
2, to slide vertically between the staple legs 17, to the attitude shown in Fig. 3. AB shown, the washer 30 consists of a flat plate 31 that includes a center ~mooth wall opening 33 formed therethrough that is of a diameter to allow the threaded pin 24 pointed end 26b and sloping portion 26a to pass therethrough, along with the pin 26 cylindrical section 27, to where the threaded portion 25 undersurface rests on the washer 31 surface around opening 33. With continued turning of the threaded pin 24, the flat plate 31 slides down the staple legs 17. To maintain the .
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For engaging and mounting a ligament end 12 onto a bone cortex 15 utilizing the arbor press staple 10, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the undersurface of the washer flat plate 31 includes a plurality of straight spikes that extend at right angles therefrom. Shown in Figs. 2 through 5, the straight spikes include corner spikes 35 and a ~quare of spikes 36 that are arranged at equal intervals around the flat plate 31 center opening 33. The spikes 35 and 36 along with the pin 26, as shown~ are to travel into and through the ligament end 12 and may travel into the bone cortex 15 for ligament end mounting so as to provide a mounting that has a strong purchase. Of course, as the arbor press staple 10 is for human ~-implantation it must be formed of a human compatible material such ~i~
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The staple 16 is driven into the bone cortex 15 to provide a desired spacing of the arbor plate spikes 35 and 36 ends above the bone surface. The spikes 35 and 36 that extend from the bottom ~3urface of which fixed plate are to travel into the ligament end 12 that has been positioned between the staple legs 17, and may travel into the location on the bone sur~ace. Further, for guiding the movement o~ the washer 30, the staple web 20 undersurface $ncludes the pair of spaced guide posts 21 that align to fit into guide post holes 34 that are formed in the washer flat plate 31, the guide posts 21 to slide therealong as the washer 30 is moved vertically. To provide washer movement, as set out above, the threaded pin 24 threaded end 25 is turned into the threads 23 of web center hole 22, projecting the pin 26 downwardly from the .:~
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staple web, into a smooth flat plate center hole 33. The pin 26 is to travel fully through the web center hole 22 with the lower face of the threaded pin section 25 engaging and urging the washer flat plate 31 away from the staple web 20 undersurface. The washer 30 thereby functions as an arbor press, the threaded pin 24 functioning as a piston to urge the washer away from the staple web 20 towards the bone surface. In which movement the washer flat plate spikes 35 and 36 along with pin 26 travel into and through the ligament end 12 and may travel into the bone cortex 15.
To remove the ligament from the bone cortex 15 the threaded pin 24 may be turned out of the web center hole 22, allowing the washer 30 to be lifted off of the ligament that can then be slid out from under the spikes 35 and 36. For removing the staple 16 from the bone cortex 15, a shaft that is like the threaded pin 24, that includes threads for turning in the web center hole 22 and is somewhat longer, is turned into the center hole 22 to engage the washer 30 with a pointed or blunt end thereof. The washer is thereby urged against the bone cortex and, with continued shaft turning in the staple web threaded center hole 22, the staple web tend~ to be moved away ~rom the bone cortex pulling or jacking the ~taple legs 17 out of the bone cortex, allowing the staple to be pulled therefrom.
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Claims (25)
1. An arbor press staple and washer comprising, a staple having a pair of spaced apart legs and including a web section extending between top ends of said staple legs; and an arbor plate for disposition between said staple legs that forms a washer, said washer having opposite ends that fit between said staple legs and said washer includes a plurality of spikes that extend from an undersurface of said washer.
2. An arbor press staple and washer as recited in Claim 1, further including one or more holes formed through the staple web section; a shaft or shafts for fitting through each said staple web section hole; and means for controlling and advancing projection of each said shaft out from said staple web section to engage the washer.
3. An arbor press staple and washer as recited in Claim 2, wherein the flat web section hole or holes are threaded; the shaft or shafts each include an upper portion that is a threaded section for turning in said threaded hole or holes as the means for controlling shaft projection; a tool receiving recess formed in a top surface of each said shaft for receiving a tool fitted therein as a means for providing shaft turning; and each said shaft includes a pointed pin section that extends axially from a lower face of said threaded section.
4. An arbor press staple and washer as recited in Claim 3, wherein the washer is notched along opposite edges to accommodate the staple legs and includes one or more openings formed therethrough each for aligning with the pointed section pin of each shaft and is of a diameter to pass said pointed pin section therethrough, a lower face of the threaded section engaging the a top surface of said washer, around said opening, said shaft pointed pin section extending through said flat plate and alongside the washer spikes.
5. An arbor press staple and washer as recited in Claim 4, wherein the spikes are arranged at the corners of the washer undersurface, and at spaced intervals around the hole or holes.
6. An arbor press staple and washer as recited in Claim 1, wherein, each staple leg includes a plurality of spaced barb ridges formed around three sides of each four sided staple leg, with said staple legs opposing surfaces having smooth faces.
7. An arbor press staple and washer as recited in Claim 2, wherein the staple legs are of equal length and each has a pointed lower end; and the barb ridges are each formed with a flat outwardly sloping surface that slopes away from said staple leg point lower end and connects along an edge to a flat surface that extends outwardly from the staple leg surface.
8. An arbor press staple and washer as recited in Claim 1, further including at least one guide post secured at a right angle from the undersurface of the web section that fits into a guide hole formed through the washer, said washer guided along said guide post.
9. A method for mounting a section of a ligament onto a bone cortex utilizing a combination of a staple with an arbor press type washer disposed between the staple legs that is moved against the ligament surface comprising the steps of, selecting a location on a bone cortex surface to attach a ligament section to and driving pointed ends of staple legs therein, said staple legs to straddle said ligament section positioned thereon with a washer disposed between said staple legs to slide against the ligament section;
applying a force between a web of said staple and said washer to urge said washer against said ligament section, clamping it against the bone cortex surface.
applying a force between a web of said staple and said washer to urge said washer against said ligament section, clamping it against the bone cortex surface.
10. A method as recited in Claim 9, wherein the staple includes a pair of straight parallel legs, interconnected by a web that extends, at approximately a right angle, between said staple legs top ends; and the washer is a flat disk that is notched at opposite sides to accommodate said staple legs fitted in said notches, said staple straddling said washer, with said washer including a plurality of pins extending at essentially right angles from said washer undersurface.
11. A method as recited in Claim 10, wherein the staple web includes a threaded hole formed therethrough that receives a threaded section of a pin turned therethrough, an end of said pin for engaging the washer to urge said washer against the ligament section.
12. A method as recited in Claim 9, further including guiding travel of the washer along the staple legs into contact with the ligament section.
13. A method as recited in Claim 12, wherein the staple web includes at least one straight pin extending at approximately a right angle from its undersurface that is fitted into a hole formed in the washer for guiding washer travel along the staple legs.
14. A method as recited in Claim 9, further including, for releasing the ligament section, reversing the force applied between the staple web and washer, allowing said washer to be lifted off of said ligament section that can then be pulled out from under said washer.
15. A method as recited in Claim 9, further including, for removing the staple from the bone cortex, applying a force between the staple web and washer to urge said washer against the bone cortex surface to lift or jack the staple legs out of their seating in said bone cortex surface.
16. An arbor press staple comprising, a staple having a pair of spaced apart legs and including a web section extending between top ends of said staple legs, and said web section includes at least one hole formed therethrough, said hole or holes each for receiving a shaft fitted therethrough; a shaft for projecting through each said hole that is pointed on its lower end; and means for controlling projection of said shaft pointed end that travels from said staple web alongside said staple legs.
17. An arbor press staple as recited in Claim 16, further including tapping the one or more holes formed through the staple web section; and the shaft or shafts each include a threaded section for turning through each said staple web section hole as the means for controlling projection of each said shaft pointed end out from said staple web section.
18. An arbor press staple as recited in Claim 17, wherein an upper portion of the shaft or shafts are threaded for turning in said threaded hole or holes as the means for controlling shaft projection; and a tool receiving recess is formed in a top surface of said shaft or shafts for receiving a tool fitted therein for providing shaft turning as the means for controlling projection.
19. An arbor press staple as recited in Claim 16, wherein the staple legs are of equal length and each has a pointed lower end;
and the barb ridges are each formed with a flat outwardly sloping surface that slopes away from said staple leg point lower end and connects along an edge to a flat surface that extends outwardly from the staple leg surface.
and the barb ridges are each formed with a flat outwardly sloping surface that slopes away from said staple leg point lower end and connects along an edge to a flat surface that extends outwardly from the staple leg surface.
20. An arbor press staple and washer for securing soft tissue adjacent to bone comprising, a staple having a pair of spaced apart legs adapted for insertion into bone and including a web section extending between top ends of said staple legs; a movable plate for disposition between said staple legs and adapted to cover soft tissue between said staple legs; and means extending between said staple and said movable plate to bias said movable plate towards said bone.
21. An arbor press staple and washer as recited in Claim 20, wherein the movable plate is a thin flat plate arranged to fit between the staple legs and includes a plurality or spikes that extend from a plate undersurface.
22. An arbor press staple and washer as recited in Claim 21, wherein the movable plate opposite ends are notched to accommodate the staple legs fitted therebetween.
23. An arbor press staple and washer as recited in Claim 20, wherein the staple web includes at least one hole formed therethrough; and the means extending between the staple web and movable plate is a shaft for fitting through said staple web hole and including a means for advancing projection of said shaft out from said staple web.
24. An arbor press staple and washer as recited in Claim 23, wherein the staple web hole is threaded as is a portion of the shaft for turning in said staple web threaded hole as the means for advancing projection of said shaft.
25. An arbor press staple and washer as recited in Claim 24, further including at least one hole formed through the movable plate that aligns with the threaded hole formed through the staple web; and said shaft upper portion is threaded for turning in said staple web threaded hole and includes a pointed lower end for Sitting through said hole formed through said movable plate.
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