Patent ID: 7931657

Claim:
A system to position a flexible strand in a tunnel formed in a bone, the system comprising: a guide member extending along a first axis and having a first end and second end; and a guide portion extending from said first end and along said first axis, said guide portion including, a first leg having a first groove and a second leg having a second groove, said first leg and said second leg separate and defining a slot therebetween; a first surface defined by an end of said first leg, wherein said first groove has a first groove portion formed in said first surface, the first groove portion defined by two side walls and a back wall and a second groove portion formed in an exterior side surface of said first leg, the second groove portion defined formed by two side walls and a back wall, wherein said first groove portion and said second groove portion are connected; and a second surface defined by an end of said second leg, wherein said second groove has a third groove portion formed in said second surface, the third groove portion defined by two side walls and a back wall and a fourth groove portion formed in an exterior side surface of said second leg, the fourth groove portion defined by two side walls and a back wall, wherein said third groove portion and said fourth groove portion are connected; wherein said slot is transverse to both said first groove and said second groove; wherein said guide portion with said first groove and said second groove are configured to position the flexible strand in the tunnel formed in the bone.