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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2006
Kevin T. Stone, Winona Lake, IN (US);
H. Gene Hawkins, Warsaw, IN (US);
Zachary M. Hoffman, Warsaw, IN (US);
Gregory J. Denham, Warsaw, IN (US);
Troy M. Walters, Plymouth, IN (US);
Ryan A. Kaiser, Leesburg, IN (US);
Jason D. Meridew, Syracuse, IN (US);
Kevin T. Stone, Winona Lake, IN (US);
H. Gene Hawkins, Warsaw, IN (US);
Zachary M. Hoffman, Warsaw, IN (US);
Gregory J. Denham, Warsaw, IN (US);
Troy M. Walters, Plymouth, IN (US);
Ryan A. Kaiser, Leesburg, IN (US);
Jason D. Meridew, Syracuse, IN (US);
Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A method for securing a graft to a bone includes forming a tunnel in the bone, positioning the graft in the tunnel, and securing the graft in the tunnel with an anchor. The method also includes attaching a distal end of an elongated anchor sleeve to a proximal end of the anchor and inserting a pre-compressed harvested bone material having a cruciate cross-section through the anchor sleeve into to a bore defined in the anchor. The bore has a mating cruciate cross-section. The method also includes removing the anchor sleeve after inserting the bone material into the anchor.