Patent ID: 8308780

Claim:
A method of fixing a graft in a selected region of an anatomy with an anchor member, comprising: connecting the graft to a graft connection region of the anchor member, wherein the anchor member includes a body extending from a first end to a second end and having a maximum exterior dimension transverse to a first axis between the first end and the second end, a lever arm is connected with the body near the first end of the body, and the graft connection region spaced a distance from the first end, wherein the graft connection region has at least one graft connection dimension that is also transverse to the first axis and less than the maximum exterior dimension; forming a bore in the anatomy having an internal dimension where the at least one dimension of the graft connection region is less than the internal dimension of the bore to allow the graft to be moved through and positioned relative to the bore without substantially binding the graft in the bore; holding the lever arm relative to the body with a holding mechanism in a non-activated position such that the lever arm is maintained to allow the anchor member to pass through the formed bore; moving the anchor member through the formed bore in the anatomy with the lever arm held with the holding mechanism in the non-activated position; and moving the lever arm around an axis of motion substantially at an end of the lever arm to an activated position such that a portion of a single end of the lever arm extends beyond the maximum exterior dimension to engage a selected portion of the anatomy; wherein the lever arm is configured to contact a stop portion to limit rotation of the lever arm around the axis.