Patent ID: 6610064
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A method for securing a graft ligament in a bone tunnel, said method comprising the steps of:(1) forming a first bone tunnel in a bone, and forming a second bone tunnel in the same bone, said second bone tunnel being transverse to, and intersecting, said first bone tunnel, said second bone tunnel having first and second portions extending from said first bone tunnel; (2) positioning first and second ends of a flexible member within said first bone tunnel such that said first and second ends are located adjacent to the intersection of said second transverse bone tunnel with said first bone tunnel, and extracting the first and second ends out of the first and second portions of the second bone tunnel, respectively, and positioning the graft ligament over a portion of said flexible member extending out of said first bone tunnel; and (3) pulling said ends of said flexible member so as to draw said graft ligament into said first bone tunnel.