James Marcinek;Troy M. Walters;Stephen M. Howell;James A. Boucher
发明人:
James A. Boucher,Stephen M. Howell,James Marcinek,Troy M. Walters
申请号：
US13242143
公开号：
US09011534B2
申请日:
2011.09.23
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要：
Methods for fixation of a soft tissue graft in a bone including: forming in the bone a tunnel defining an entrance opening and an exit opening at opposite ends of the tunnel, the tunnel including an anterior wall surface and a posterior wall surface opposite to the anterior wall surface； positioning the soft tissue graft within the tunnel such that the soft tissue graft extends through both the entrance opening and the exit opening of the tunnel； inserting a graft fixation apparatus into the tunnel and driving spikes of the graft fixation apparatus into the posterior wall surface to mount the graft fixation apparatus to the posterior wall surface of the tunnel such that the graft fixation apparatus is anterior to the posterior wall surface and is not recessed beneath the posterior wall surface； and securing the soft tissue graft inside the tunnel with the graft fixation apparatus.
