Patent ID: 7556638

Claim:
A method of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, comprising the steps of: forming a tibial tunnel between an anterior tibial surface and the tibial plateau, the tibial plateau being adjacent a joint cavity; positioning a ligament graft in the tibial tunnel; subsequently passing a length of a suture extending from a distal end of an interference screw into the joint cavity and down through the tibial tunnel by way of an opening in the tibial plateau, the suture being insert-molded into the interference screw, the interference screw being partially cannulated at its distal end; and drawing on a free end of the suture exiting the anterior surface of the tibial tunnel to pull the interference screw, distal end first, into the joint cavity in a retrograde fashion; inserting the free end of the suture into a cannulation of a cannulated screwdriver; and engaging the screwdriver with the cannulation at the distal end of the interference screw, and rotating the screwdriver to turn the interference screw into the tibial tunnel.