US 8,617,176 B2 · Cross pinning guide devices and methods

Abstract

Methods and devices are provided for implanting a cross-pin through a bone tunnel, such as in an arthroscopic surgical procedure. In general, the methods and devices allow a cross-pin hole to be formed in a medial side of a knee bone such that it intersects a bone tunnel formed in the knee bone. In one embodiment, a cross-pinning guide device is provided that can be configured to angularly position the cross-pin hole relative to the bone tunnel to allow the cross-pin hole to intersect the bone tunnel without passing through another side, e.g., a lateral side, of the knee bone. The knee bone can be a femur or a tibia such that the cross-pin hole and the bone tunnel can each be entirely formed in the femur or in the tibia.

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Dependent claims

A surgical device, comprising:

a frame having a guide rod and a proximal-distal arc spaced a distance apart from the guide rod;
a guide block slidably mounted on the proximal-distal arc and having at least one bore formed therethrough that is configured to receive a first surgical instrument;
and
a medial-lateral arc having a first end with an engagement mechanism configured to detachably mate the medial-lateral arc to the guide block, and a second end having one bore formed therethrough that is configured to receive a second surgical instrument;
wherein, with the medial-lateral arc mated to the guide block, the at least one bore formed through the guide block is coaxial with the at least one bore formed through the second end of the medial-lateral arc.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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