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Flexible tibial sheath

  • US 20040267361A1
  • Filed: 06/27/2003
  • Published: 12/30/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A graft fixation device for fixing a graft member within a bone tunnel, the device comprising:

  • a bioabsorbable radially expandable sheath having a substantially closed distal end with at least two sidewalls extending proximally therefrom and defining a central lumen, each sidewall having a substantially concave outer surface adapted to seat a graft member, and each side wall being at least partially separated by a longitudinally oriented slot extending from a proximal end along a substantial length of each sidewall and terminating at a position proximal to the distal end; and

    a bioabsorbable sheath expander adapted to be disposed in the central lumen of the radially expandable sheath and configured to flex the sidewalls to radially expand the sheath so as to fix the graft member within a bone tunnel.

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