Patent ID: 6221107
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A device for attaching a ligament graft to the inside of a predetermined bone tunnel from its proximal aspect, the device comprising:a non-expansible ring having an interior passage through which the ligament graft may extend, the ring sized and adapted to fit within and be secured in the bone tunnel;a radially expansible gripping member sized to enter the ring and to press the ligament outwardly against the interior surface of the ring; andan expander coupled to the expansible gripping member, constructed to expand the expansible gripping member to grip the ligament against the ring, the device including a relatively narrow strut which extends from the ring proximally to a securing member attached to its proximal end, the securing member constructed and arranged to engage an exterior surface of the bone and to secure the ring in the cortical region of the bone passage at a position spaced distally from the exterior surface of the bone.