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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2000
Eugene Marlowe Goble, Alta, WY (US);
Daniel F. Justin, Logan, UT (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system is disclosed for securing a graft ligament in a bone tunnel, the system comprising: a flexible member for positioning the graft ligament in the bone tunnel; a flexible member delivery device comprising a suture holder for positioning the two ends of the flexible member in the bone tunnel, the suture holder comprising a pair of hooks on a distal end of the device and protruding therefrom, each of the hooks being configured to receive and retain a closed loop on an end of the flexible member; and a pulling member having a hook-shaped end configured for engaging and withdrawing one end of the flexible member from the delivery device positioned in the bone tunnel and pulling that end of the flexible member through a portion of a second bone tunnel which intersects, and extends traverse to, the first-mentioned bone tunnel.