Patent ID: 6902573

Claim:
Instrumentarium for implanting a tendon replacement in a channel in a bone comprising a suture retention device, said suture retention device having a plate-shaped body with first and second sides, a cylindrical pin projecting from the first side of said plate-shaped body; a recess in the second side of said plate-shaded body for accommodating ends of fixation threads of a tendon replacement; and at least two openings extending through said plate-shaped body and said cylindrical pin for threading of the fixation threads of the tendon replacement therethrough, wherein said recess verges into each opening via a plurality of curved surfaces, and wherein said cylindrical pin being configured to come to snugly fit within a countersunk recess in a channel within a bone, an area of said plate-shaped body surrounding said cylindrical pin being configured to come to rest to a bone surface surrounding said countersunk recess in said bone, and wherein said plate-shaped body having edges adapted for applying a turning tool thereon for turning said device with said tool.