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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1995
Ben K Graf, Madison, WI (US);
Thomas D Rosenberg, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Joseph H Sklar, Longmeadow, MA (US);
Michael C Ferragamo, No. Dighton, MA (US);
Acufex Microsurgical, Inc., Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A graft attachment device having an elongated body with a leading end and a trailing end, each defining an element for carrying a filament such as a suture. The body further defines at least one element for attaching to the body either a graft or a graft connection element which is in turn connected to the graft. The element for attaching enables the body to rotate relative to the graft from an initial insertion position, along an axis substantially parallel to the graft, to a final fixation position transverse to the graft to secure the graft relative to a bone.