Patent ID: 6371124
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of anterior cruciate reconstruction knee surgery, comprising the steps of:forming a socket in a femur, the socket having an entrance; forming a transverse hole in the femur extending completely across the femur, the transverse hole extending through a first sidewall of the socket on a first side of the femur, intersecting the socket, and extending through an opposite sidewall of the femur on the opposite side of the socket; introducing a flexible strand into the knee, the flexible strand extending through the transverse hole and into the socket through the first sidewall of the socket, out through the socket entrance, and, after forming a loop outside of the socket entrance, extending back into the socket entrance and out of the knee through the transverse hole in the opposite sidewall of the socket; engaging a graft with the loop of the strand extending out of the socket entrance; and pulling the graft into the socket by pulling on opposite ends of the strand extending out of the transverse hole on the opposite sides of the femur.