Coracoid guiding system and a method for using thereof
AssigneeCC-Instruments Oy
InventorJuha Ranne
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Abstract
A coracoid guiding system. The coracoid guiding system includes a coracoid grasper for holding an exteriorized coracoid bone block, and a coracoid passer. The coracoid passer has a pair of external barrels, a pair of internal barrel pins, a hollow guiding tube including an inner surface and an outer surface, and a hook gauge. The hook gauge is configured to be retractably arranged inside the hollow guiding tube. The hook gauge has a proximal end, a distal end, a curved section between the proximal end and the distal end, a first straight section extending from the proximal end to the curved section, a second straight section extending from the curved section to the distal end, wherein the distal end of the hook gauge is shaped as a hook.
Claims19
A coracoid guiding system, the coracoid guiding system comprising
- a coracoid grasper for holding an exteriorized coracoid bone block,
- a coracoid passer configured to prepare the exteriorized coracoid bone block for fixation to a surface of a glenoid, the coracoid passer having
- a pair of external barrels,
- a pair of internal barrels pins,
- a hollow guiding tube comprising an inner surface and an outer surface, and
- a hook gauge configured to be retractably arranged inside the hollow guiding tube, the hook gauge having a proximal end, a distal end, a curved section between the proximal end and the distal end, a first straight section extending from the proximal end to the curved section, a second straight section extending from the curved section to the distal end, wherein the distal end of the hook gauge is shaped as a hook.
A coracoid passer configured to prepare an exteriorized coracoid bone block for fixation to a surface of a glenoid, the coracoid passer having
- a pair of external barrels,
- a pair of internal barrels,
- a hollow guiding tube comprising an inner surface and an outer surface, and
- a hook gauge configured to be retractably arranged inside the hollow guiding tube, the hook gauge having a proximal end, a distal end, a curved section between the proximal end and the distal end, a first straight section extending from the proximal end to the curved section, a second straight section extending from the curved section to the distal end, wherein the distal end of the hook gauge is shaped as a hook.
A method for using a coracoid guiding system, the method comprising
- exposing coracoid bone,
- cauterization of the coracoid bone for exteriorization of the coracoid bone block,
- preparing the exteriorized coracoid bone block for fixation to a surface of a glenoid, and
- fixating the prepared exteriorized coracoid bone block to the surface of the glenoid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.