Graft ligament anchor and method for attaching a graft...

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A61F 2/08 (2006.01) A61B 17/56 (2006.01)

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CA 2272960

A graft ligament anchor comprises a graft liga-ment engagement member (20) disposed in an open-ing (29) in a bone, the graft ligament engagement member (20) being arranged to receive a graft lig-ament (28) alongside the engagement member (20), and a locking member (32) for disposition in the opening, and at least in part engaging with the graft ligament engagement member (20). Movement of the locking member (32) in the opening causes the locking member (32) to urge the engagement mem-ber (20), and the graft ligament (28) therewith, to-ward a wall of the opening, to secure the graft liga-ment (28) to the wall of the opening. A method for attaching a graft ligament (28) to a bone comprises providing an opening in the bone, inserting the graft ligament (28) and a graft ligament engagement mem-ber (20) in the opening, with the graft ligament (28) disposed alongside a first portion of the engagement member (20), and inserting a locking member (32) in the bone alongside a second portion of the engage-ment member (20), the locking member (32) being separated from the graft ligament (28) by the graft ligament engagement member (20). The method fur-ther comprises moving the locking member (32) to cause the locking member (32) to engage the graft ligament engagement member (20) to urge the graft ligament engagement member (20), and the graft lig-ament (28) therewith, toward a wall of the opening to secure the graft ligament to the wall of the open-ing.

L'invention concerne un dispositif d'ancrage pour greffon de ligament, comprenant un élément (20) de contact pour greffon de ligament qui est placé dans un orifice (29) pratiqué dans un os, cet élément (20) de contact pour greffon de ligament étant assemblé de manière à pouvoir loger un greffon (28) de ligament. Ce dispositif d'ancrage comprend également un élément (32) de verrouillage destiné à être placé dans ledit orifice et à entrer en contact au moins partiellement avec l'élément (20) de contact pour greffon de ligament. Tout mouvement de cet élément (32) de verrouillage dans l'orifice fait que l'élément (32) de verrouillage pousse l'élément (20) de contact et le greffon (28) de ligament vers une paroi dudit orifice, afin de fixer le greffon (28) de ligament à cette paroi de l'orifice. Un procédé pour fixer un greffon (28) de ligament à un os implique de pratiquer un orifice dans un os, d'insérer le greffon (28) de ligament et un élément (20) de contact pour greffon de ligament dans cet orifice, ledit greffon (28) de ligament étant placé le long d'une première partie de l'élément (20) de contact, et un élément (32) de verrouillage étant inséré dans l'os le long d'une première partie de l'élément (20) de contact. Cet élément (32) de verrouillage est séparé du greffon (28) de ligament par l'élément (20) de contact pour greffon de ligament. Le procédé implique également de déplacer l'élément (32) de verrouillage afin que celui-ci entre en contact avec l'élément (20) de contact pour greffon de ligament, afin de pousser cet élément (20) de contact pour greffon de ligament ainsi que le greffon (28) de ligament vers une paroi de l'orifice, afin de fixer ledit greffon de ligament à cette paroi.

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