Patent ID: 7118581

Claim:
A fixing system for fixing connective tissue to a bone, the fixing system comprising at least two pins, each of the at least two pins comprising a superior section and an inferior section, the superior section having an opening for passage of a suture thread therethrough for interconnecting the at least two pins with one another, the inferior section comprising a plurality of superimposed inverted cones, the superior section forming a cylindrical tip, the opening for passage of the suture thread being a transverse cylindrical bore which, during use, cooperates with the suture thread, and the fixing system further comprising a positioning and position maintaining mechanism for simultaneously positioning and maintaining the connective tissue superimposed over the bone, the positioning and position maintaining mechanism comprising a shaft having a cylindrical stem, the cylindrical stem having a fork-like end part with two branches, and a spacing between longitudinal axes of the two branches being equal to a spacing of the at least two pins from one another; and each of the two branches is provided with a cylindrical bore for cooperating with the cylindrical tip of the superior section of one of the at least two pins and with two lateral grooves for receiving the suture thread.