公开(公告)号：US20210401568A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-30

申请号：US17470764

申请日：2021-09-09

Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION

Inventor： Masaki HAYASHI ,  Toshiya FUJII ,  Chie ONUMA ,  Sohei UEDA

IPC: A61F2/08 ,  A61B17/32

Abstract: A ligament fixation method can include forming a bone tunnel to a predetermined depth from a surface of a bone; mounting a reconstruction ligament to the ligament fixation device. The reconstruction ligament can be disposed along outer surfaces of plate-like pressing segments of a ligament fixation device and an outer surface of a connection segment that connects the pressing segments. The method can also include inserting the ligament fixation device into the bone tunnel from the connection-segment side; fastening a screw to a receiving section of the ligament fixation device from an opening of the ligament fixation device to increase a distance between the pair of pressing segments and to compress the reconstruction ligament between each pressing segment and an inner surface of the bone tunnel; and fixing the reconstruction ligament to the bone by causing a part of the screw to dig into the bone.