| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a secure and trouble-free anchoring of a graft ligamenta graft, and also to provide a graft ligament anchor which is simple, easy to install, and inexpensive to manufacture. <P>SOLUTION: Various methods and devices are provided for a graft fixation device for fixing a graft member within a bone tunnel. In one embodiment, a graft fixation device is provided having a radially expandable sheath adapted to be disposed within a bone tunnel, and a sheath expander adapted to be received within the radially expandable sheath to expand the sheath and thereby anchor a graft between the sheath and the bone tunnel. In an exemplary embodiment, the graft fixation device is particularly useful to affix a graft within a femoral tunnel. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT |
