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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2004
Guiseppe Lombardo, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Wamis Singhatat, Malvern, PA (US);
P. Ercell Sherman, Bakersfied, CA (US);
Drew Powell Amery, Clearwater, FL (US);
Steve Bishop, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Guiseppe Lombardo, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Wamis Singhatat, Malvern, PA (US);
P. Ercell Sherman, Bakersfied, CA (US);
Drew Powell Amery, Clearwater, FL (US);
Steve Bishop, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Linvatec Corporation, Largo, FL (US);
Abstract
A two piece graft fixation arrangement includes a graft block engageable with a graft and a transverse member engageable with the graft block to fix the graft block in a bone tunnel. Instruments and methods are presented for installing a graft in a bone tunnel and anchoring the graft with a transverse member placed through a transverse bore intersecting the bone tunnel.