Positional dual drill guide
OwnerChristopher S. Jordan, Rose Wolf +1inventors
InventorsChristopher S. Jordan, Rose Wolf, Alan W. Wolf
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Abstract
A multi-positional dual drill guide for use in orthopedic surgical procedures provides two independent drill guides which are independently, pivotally and removably secured along a pivotal drill guide plate comprising two separate and independent guide plate sections, selectively aligning each of the two drill guides for drilling an intersecting bone channel into a common bone from different locations for the passage of a suture and associated tissue during an orthopedic repair of a joint. The drill guide provide for three dimensional movement of the drill guides to provide a range of drilling angles from nearly zero degrees up to 180-degrees apart and in a three dimensional array, the drill.
Claims6
A three dimensional axis dual drill guide used to align and bore two intersecting bone tunnels within a target bone through two independent bone drill guides contemporaneously set and positioned at locations upon said target bone to drill a transosseous channel within said target bone for further passage of a suture during a joint, cartilage, bone or associated soft tissue repair operation, said drill guide further comprising:
- a first guide plate defining a flat circular arc, a joint end, a terminal end and a central arced slide groove;
- a second guide plate defining a flat circular arc, a joint end, a terminal end and a central arced slide groove, each respective joint end pivotally of each said first and second guide plates connected by a joint which can be disconnected, pivoted at an angle between 180 degrees and 20 degrees, and also secured to maintain an angle between said first guide plate and said second guide plate by a joint securing screw;
- a first and second slidable guide anchor defining a lower slide trough slidably engaging each respective first and second guide plate and being locked into an independent selected position along each respective guide plate by an anchor locking screw, each slidable guide anchor further defining an upper tangential drill guide channel and a drill guide locking screw which secures a respective drill guide tube within each said respective guide, each said guide channel directing a fixed relative angle between said respective drill guide tubes capable of forming an angle of between 210 degrees and 20 degrees between said drill guide tubes through which bone drill bits are inserted to drill said intersecting bone channels within said target bone.
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