Patent ID: 7713293

Claim:
A method of ACL graft ligament fixation comprising the steps of: forming a passing pin tunnel in a femur, said passing pin tunnel having a longitudinal axis and exiting a superior wall of the femur; forming a femoral tunnel along said longitudinal axis, said femoral tunnel having a larger diameter than said passing pin tunnel and terminating in said femur; forming a transverse tunnel intersecting the femoral tunnel, said transverse tunnel terminating within said femur; locating a graft loop in the femoral tunnel in such a manner that an open face of the loop faces an intersection where the femoral tunnel intersects the transverse tunnel, and wherein said locating comprises pulling on sutures holding said graft loop to locate said graft loop, and said pulling on sutures comprises pulling on said sutures through said passing pin tunnel; forming a recess in an opposite wall of the femoral tunnel; and passing a head section of a transverse suspension device through the graft loop via the transverse tunnel such that said head section completely advances beneath said graft loop and until said head contacts the opposite wall of the femoral tunnel and urging said graft loop against said opposite wall as at least a part of said head is embedded in said recess, and wherein a portion of said graft loop is compressed forward and outward between said opposite wall and an abutment surface of the transverse suspension device, wherein the abutment surface comprises an annular flange having a wider diameter than said head section.