Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1992-12-16
1996-04-16
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 96, A61F 500, A61B 1758
Patent
active
055078010
ABSTRACT:
A drill guide for drilling screw holes in bone fragments that are to be stabilized by means of a device composed of a compression plate and round-headed screws, the drill guide having a hollow outer cylinder and hollow inner cylinder, positioned so that the hollow inner cylinder can be slid axially within the outer cylinder by means of a spring mechanism, the plate-side end of the outer cylinder and the plateside of the inner cylinder having the shape of the spherical underside of the head and the shank of the screws to be used, respectively.
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Gisin Paul
Perren Stephan M.
Brown Michael A.
Synthes (U.S.A.)
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