Patent ID: 8784426
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for ligament construction comprising the step(s) of: providing a guide configured to guide at least one guide pin into a bone and a fixation device having at least two separately-formed suture loops, separately coupling a first graft directly to one of the at least two separately-formed suture loops and a second graft directly to another of the at least two separately-formed suture loops; forming an oval-shaped socket within a bone; drawing the fixation device through the oval-shaped socket; orienting the first graft and the second graft within the oval-shaped socket; wherein said forming an oval-shaped socket includes forming an oval-shaped socket within the bone so as to have a first portion and a second portion; and wherein said orienting includes orienting the first graft so as to be disposed in the first portion of the oval-shaped socket and orienting the second graft so as to be disposed in the second portion of the oval-shaped socket; securing the fixation device on an exterior surface of the bone.