Pelvic pin guide system for insertion of pins into iliac bone

Details Pelvic pin guide system for insertion of pins into iliac bone Pelvic pin guide system for insertion of pins into iliac bone

1994-10-25

1997-02-11

Tucker, Guy V.

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

606 80, 606 96, A61B 1756

Patent

active

056015500

ABSTRACT:
A pelvic drill guide apparatus is used to insert external fixation pins into a patient's pelvis that is fractured (for example as a result of trauma such a automobile roll-over) in "open book" fracture fashion. Multiple fixation pins are placed into the pelvis on each side (for example 2 pins on each side). An external fixation frame holds the pins and thus the pieces of the pelvis together. The guide apparatus includes an elongated probe to track the surface of the pelvis at the inner table of the pelvis. A barrel portion of the guide apparatus tracks a drill to form surgical openings that begin at the iliac crest. The drill path is off-set slightly with respect to the tip of the probe so that the surgeon can drill holes in the pelvis with minimal invasion.

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