Corticotomy drill guide

Details Corticotomy drill guide Corticotomy drill guide

1992-09-11

1994-04-26

Pellegrino, Stephen C.

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

408241G, A61F 504

Patent

active

053062787

ABSTRACT:
A drill guide for use in corticotomy procedures includes a head having a first end forming tines for penetrating and gripping the bone, a second end generally opposite the first end, and a plurality of drill guide passages extending between the first and second ends. The drill guide passages are arranged at different angles to permit a drill bit to bore into the cortex at different angles and different depths to form a circumferential region of weakened cortex. In use, the drill guide is positioned on the bone at a selected fracture site and a drill bit is operated through selected guide passages to bore into the cortex at the fracture site, thereby weakening a circumferential region of the cortex. Any remaining cortex is broken to complete the corticotomy procedure.

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John Lindquist, "Surgical Instruments and Apparatus" International Abstracts of Surgery, vol. 77, p. 529 (1944).

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