| abstract |
A device for anchoring a crucial ligament transplant in the knee joint parts,ncharacterised byn a generally cylindrical sleeve (30) of metallic, bio-compatible material, with at leastntwo axis-parallel slots (50) which are distanced in the circumferential direction andnwhich extend from one end over a larger length of the sleeve, with anroughening (42) of a sleeve section in the region of the slots (50), with a head (38) at the othernend of the sleeve and with an inner threaded section (56) which extends from thenhead up to into the region of the slots, wherein the connecting section (58) of thensleeve bore (54) has a diameter which is equal or smaller than the tip diameter of theninner threaded section, and by a screw (34) with a threaded shank (62) which is screwable into the inner thread and withna head (60) at one end of the shank, wherein the length of the shank is smaller thannthat of the sleeve. |