Patent ID: 9011533
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. An implant for ligament reconstruction in a joint, the implant comprising: a ligament replacement having a first strand comprising a first bone block, a second strand comprising a second bone block, the first strand and the second strand being split apart at a first end section of the ligament replacement, the first strand and the second strand being split apart at a second opposite end section of the ligament replacement, the first bone block being attached to the first strand at the first end section of the ligament replacement, and the second bone block being attached to the second strand at the first end section of the ligament replacement; a fixation device positioned between the first bone block and the second bone block, wherein the first bone block, the second bone block, and the fixation device are dimensioned such that the fixation device is configured to press an outer surface of the first bone block against an inner surface of a tunnel in a first bone of the joint and the fixation device is configured to press an outer surface of the second bone block against the inner surface of the tunnel in the first bone of the joint when the fixation device is positioned between the first bone block and the second bone block at the first end section of the ligament replacement; and wherein the fixation device includes (i) a first fixation plate and a second fixation plate spaced apart from the first fixation plate, and (ii) an insert positioned between the first fixation plate and the second fixation plate of the fixation device, and wherein the first fixation plate of the fixation device contacts the insert and an inner surface of the first bone block when the fixation device is positioned between the first bone block and the second bone block, and wherein the second fixation plate of the fixation device contacts the insert and an inner surface of the second bone block when the fixation device is positioned between the first bone block and the second bone block.