Apparatus and methods for aol and drl reconstruction of cmc joints

Abstract

A surgical pin guide for reconstruction of a carpo-metacarpal (CMC) joint of a hand includes: a guide body having first and second opposed second end portions; a first pin receiving member connected to the first end portion of the guide body, the first pin receiving member having an elongated channel extending therethrough; and a second pin receiving member connected to the second end portion of the guide body, the second pin receiving member having an elongated channel extending therethrough. The first pin receiving member channel is sized and configured to receive a proximal end portion of a first pin that has a distal end portion residing in a trapezium of a hand. The second pin receiving member channel is sized and configured to receive and align a second pin for insertion into a first metacarpal of the hand.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.