Patent ID: 8579975

Claim:
A system adapted to secure a graft in a bone tunnel, wherein the graft comprises a plurality of separate bundles between opposite first and second parts of the graft, the system comprising: an implant, wherein the implant comprises a length extending along a longitudinal axis between opposite first and second ends of the implant, a hole in the first end of the implant, a groove across the second end of the implant, an aperture extending through the implant, wherein the hole is aligned with the length, wherein the aperture is transverse to the length, a first groove and a second groove extending generally parallel to the axis along a first pair of opposite sides of the implant, a pair of indentations extending generally parallel to the axis along a second pair of opposite sides of the implant, wherein the second pair of opposite sides is interposed with the first pair of opposite sides, and wherein a view of the implant from the trailing end comprises a pair of open crescent-like portions in back-to-back relationship forming the pair of indentations having at least one convex portion; a button; and a loop, wherein the loop connects the implant to the button.