Patent ID: 6886569
Filing Date: 2005-05-03
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for securing a graft ligament in a bone tunnel, the method comprising the steps of: (1) forming a first bone tunnel in a bone, and forming a second bone tunnel in the same bone, the second bone tunnel being transverse to, and intersecting, the first bone tunnel; (2) positioning a flexible strand in the second transverse bone tunnel so that the flexible strand extends across said the first bone tunnel, and (3) using a flexible loop to pull the graft ligament through the first bone tunnel, independently of the flexible strand with the graft ligament extending through the flexible loop, to position the graft ligament in the first bone tunnel; (4) positioning a crosspin on the flexible strand and in the second transverse bone tunnel so that the graft ligament is looped over, and supported by, the crosspin; and (5) removing the flexible loop.