Patent ID: 7862612

Claim:
Apparatus for use in reconstructing a ligament, said apparatus comprising: a graft ligament support block for supporting a graft ligament in a bone tunnel, said graft ligament support block comprising: a body having a distal end, a proximal end, and a longitudinal axis extending between said distal end and said proximal end; a graft hole extending through said body transverse to said longitudinal axis and configured to receive a graft ligament therein; a pair of sculpted away portions formed in the proximal end of the body and configured to receive a graft ligament; a pair of recesses formed in the proximal end of the body and configured to selectively receive a distal end of an installation tool; and a transverse fixation pin hole extending through said body transverse to said longitudinal axis and located distally of the graft hole, the transverse fixation pin hole being configured to receive a transverse fixation pin therein; and a fixation pin configured to engage the transverse fixation pin hole.