Patent ID: 8721653
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of securing an end of an ACL ligament implant in a bone tunnel, comprising; drilling a femoral tunnel in a femur; drilling a transverse tunnel in the femur, said transverse tunnel intersecting the femoral tunnel; placing a guide wire through the transverse tunnel such that opposed ends of the guide wire extend out through opposed ends of the transverse tunnel, and such that the guide wire is beneath an end of an ACL implant; moving the end of the ACL implant into the femoral tunnel; threading a cross-pin onto the guide wire, the cross-pin being longitudinally elongated and having a longitudinal trough along its outer surface, the trough having a bottom surface generally aligned with the cross-pin, the trough intersecting with a passageway extending to a distal tip of the cross-pin, and wherein after threading the guide wire passes through the passageway and the trough; and, moving the cross-pin over the guide wire to implant the cross-pin in the transverse tunnel, under the end of the ACL implant.