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US 6,187,011 B1Granted
Positioning a tibial tunnel
AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorPaul A. Torrie
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Abstract
A guide for positioning a tibial tunnel in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. The guide includes a guide arm and a drill sleeve connected to the guide arm. A distal tip of the guide arm is configured to contact a femoral surface, and a distal tip of the drill sleeve is configured to contact a tibial surface when the distal tip of the guide arm contacts the femoral surface.
Claims17
A method for positioning a tunnel in a tibia, comprising:
- providing a guide including a guide arm having a rigid distal tip configured to contact a femoral surface, and a drill sleeve connected to the guide arm and having a distal tip configured to contact a tibial surface when the distal tip of the guide arm contacts the femoral surface;
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- positioning the guide in a patient's knee so that the distal tip of the drill sleeve contacts the tibial surface and the distal tip of the guide arm contacts the femoral surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.