Patent ID: 7063724

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 the distal end and the proximal end; said body defining a graft hole extending therethrough transverse to the longitudinal axis and configured to receive a graft ligament therein; and said body defining a transverse fixation pin hole extending therethrough transverse to the longitudinal axis and configured to define an entrance adapted to receive a transverse fixation pin therein when said body is disposed in the bone tunnel, to lock said body in the bone tunnel; wherein the entrance of the transverse fixation pin hole is tapered along the edge thereof to cause the transverse fixation pin to be funneled thereby into the transverse fixation pin hole; and wherein said body further defines a suture hole extending through said body transverse to the longitudinal axis and configured to receive a tow suture therein.