Abstract: The invention relates to a device for attaching a ligament graft to the inside of a bone passage from a proximal location, the device including (1) a non-expansible ring having an interior passage through which the ligament graft may extend, the ring sized to fit within the bone passage; (2) a radially expansible gripping member sized to enter the ring and to press the ligament outwardly against the interior surface of the ring; and (3) an expander coupled to the expansible gripping member, constructed to expand the expansible gripping member to grip the ligament against the ring.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 23, 2001
Publication date:
August 16, 2001
Applicant:
Mark E. Steiner
Inventors:
Dennis W. Burke, John Prudden, Mark E. Steiner