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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2011
JO Hays, Logan, UT (US);
David Overaker, Annandale, NJ (US);
Joseph Contiliano, Stewartsville, NJ (US);
Joseph H. Sklar, Longmeadow, MA (US);
Jo Hays, Logan, UT (US);
David Overaker, Annandale, NJ (US);
Joseph Contiliano, Stewartsville, NJ (US);
Joseph H. Sklar, Longmeadow, MA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A graft ligament anchor comprises a graft ligament engagement member disposed in an opening in a bone, the graft ligament engagement member being arranged to receive a graft ligament alongside the engagement member, and a locking member for disposition in the opening, and at least in part engageable with the graft ligament engagement member. Movement of the locking member in the opening causes the locking member to urge the engagement member, and the graft ligament therewith, toward a wall of the opening, to secure the graft ligament to the wall of the opening. A method for attaching a graft ligament to a bone is also provided.