Patent ID: 8535377

Claim:
A system adapted to secure a ligament graft in a tunnel extending between a first opening and an opposite second end having a first longitudinal ridge and an opposite second longitudinal ridge, the system comprising: a ligament graft having a first portion and a second portion; a first fixation device securable within the first opening, wherein the first fixation device comprises a first longitudinal groove, an opposite second longitudinal groove, a first longitudinal indentation between the first and second grooves, an opposite second longitudinal indentation, a structural portion, and a non-structural portion coupled to the structural portion; a second fixation device adapted to be secured in the tunnel proximate the second end; and a connector linking the first and second fixation devices; wherein, when the first and second fixation devices are secured in the tunnel, the first graft portion is in the first groove, the second graft portion is in the second groove, the first ridge is in the first indentation, the second ridge is in the second indentation, and the structural portion is coupled to the connector; and wherein the structural portion comprises a cap; wherein the non-structural portion comprises a base; wherein a portion of the first groove is formed in the base and another portion of the first groove is formed in the cap.