Patent ID: 8333802

Claim:
A method of replacing an anterior cruciate ligament of a patient, said method comprising the steps of: preparing a bone patellar tendon bone graft having a first end and a second end, the second end having a bone plug; preparing a single femoral tunnel in a femur of the patient and a single tibial tunnel in a tibia of the patient; securing the bone plug in the femoral tunnel; subsequently leaving the bone plug as one piece while separating the the first end of the graft into a first bundle and a second bundle, such that the first bundle and second bundle are kinematically separate bundles at the first end; positioning the first bundle and second bundle in the tibial tunnel; rotating the first bundle into an anterior cruciate medial position in the tibial tunnel and rotating the second bundle into an anterior cruciate lateral position in the tibial tunnel prior to independently tensioning the first and second bundles; independently tensioning the first and second bundles prior to securing the first end of the graft; and securing both the first bundle and the second bundle of the first end of the graft in the tibial tunnel.