Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1988-06-27
1990-05-01
Yu, Mickey
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606103, A61F 504, A61F 1732
Patent
active
049209582
ABSTRACT:
A drill guide assembly for use in arthroscopic surgery including a probe having a target end and an opposite threaded end portion with a locating lug; a cannular elongate wire guide adapted to guide a guide wire, which wire guide has a beveled bone contact end surface; a body generally arcuate about a predetermined point having a bore adapted to receive the wire guide for longitudinal sliding action with its axis aligned with the predetermined point, and a second end portion with a plurality of sockets adapted to releasably receive the lug and threaded end portion with the target end at the predetermined point; and a locking spring for preventing movement of the wire guide away from the predetermined point.
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Variable Radius*-VR Drill Guide sold by: Arthrex Arthroscopy Instruments, Inc., Norwalk, Connecticut.
OSI Isometric ACL Reconstruction System sold by: Orthopedic Systems, Inc.-Hayward, California.
Hendler's Uni-Tunnel Drill Guide sold by: Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp., Rosemont, Illinois.
Lipscomb Anderson Drill Guide sold by: Richards Medical Company-Memphis, Tennessee.
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Protek Drill Guide sold by: Protec AG-Indianapolis, Indiana.
Acufex Arthroscopic Drill System sold by: Acufex Microsurgical, Inc.-Norwood, Ma.
Newson Ligament Drill Guide sold by: Richards Manufacturing Co., Inc.-Memphis, Tennessee.
Stille Drill Guide sold by: Depuy-Warsay, Indiana.
May Steven J.
Van Kampen Craig L.
Walt Michael J.
Bauer Stephen W.
Brown Michael
Kirn Walter N.
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
Sell Donald M.
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