Patent ID: 7323011

Claim:
A sterile composite graft compromising: a first cancellous bone component member with angled sides and a load bearing component member mounted to said first cancellous bone component member, said load bearing component member has an outside exposed surface area ranging from about 15% to about 40% of the outside exposed surface area of the cancellous member, said load bearing component member is constructed of cortical bone which has surface demineralization, said cancellous bone component member defining a planar engagement surface for the load bearing component member with a shaped recess cut into said planar engagement surface into the interior of the cancellous bone component member with at least a portion of said shaped recess being larger than the opening leading to the shaped recess, said load bearing component member defining an inner planar engagement surface and a locking member extending outward from said engagement surface, said locking member being correspondingly shaped to fit into said shaped recess of said cancellous bone component member holding said first and second component members together in a mated relationship and pin means mounted through said load bearing component member and extending into said cancellous bone component member to prevent sliding movement between said load bearing component member and said cancellous bone component member.