Patent ID: 7588586

Claim:
A tissue fixation device, comprising: an elongate shaft having a plurality of surface features configured to engage bone and having proximal and distal ends with a longitudinal axis extending therebetween; a guide member extending proximally from the proximal end of the elongate shaft, the guide member having a graft-seating surface having at least a portion with an inclined plane with a height that increases in a distal-to-proximal direction and that is effective to seat a graft and to position the graft toward one side of the bone tunnel when the tissue fixation device is disposed within the bone tunnel; and a graft-retaining member formed on at least a portion of the graft-seating surface, the graft-retaining member having an enclosed opening extending therethrough for receiving a graft, the opening defining an axis substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis of the elongate shaft; and first and second bores formed through the guide member from the graft-seating surface to an opposed, bone-contacting surface in a direction substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis of the elongate shaft and substantially transverse to the axis defined by the opening of the graft-retaining member.