Patent ID: 7399302

Claim:
A system for securing a graft ligament in a first bone tunnel, the system comprising: a flexible member for positioning the graft ligament in the first bone tunnel, said flexible member having a first closed loop at a first end thereof; and a second closed loop at a second end thereof, said flexible member being configurable into a generally U-shape with the first and second closed loops being thereby positionable adjacent each other and aligned with each other in the first bone tunnel; a delivery device having an end for releasably and simultaneously supporting the first and second loops of said flexible member in adjacency and in alignment with each other, and positioning the first and second loops in the first bone tunnel and in a second bone tunnel extending transversely to and intersecting the first bone tunnel; and a pulling member having an end insertable into the second bone tunnel for engaging and withdrawing a selected one of the ends of said flexible member from said delivery device when said delivery device is positioned in the first and second bone tunnels and for pulling the selected end of said flexible member through a portion of the second bone tunnel.