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US 9,848,894 B2Granted
Flexible drill bit and angled drill guide for use with the same
AssigneePivot Medical, Inc.
InventorsJ. Brook Burley, Jeremy Graul, Brett Page, Chris Pamichev, Andrew Lantz
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Abstract
Apparatus for drilling a hole in material, the apparatus comprising: an angled drill guide comprising a curved distal section, a less-curved proximal section, and a lumen extending therebetween, wherein the less-curved proximal section comprises a flat extending therealong for reducing the effective diameter of the less-curved proximal section so as to minimize interference between the angled drill guide and the side wall of an access cannula.
Claims10
Apparatus for drilling a hole in material, the apparatus comprising:
- an angled drill guide comprising a curved distal section forming an inside of a curve and an outside of the curve, a less-curved proximal section, and a circular lumen extending entirely along the curved distal section and the less-curved proximal section, wherein the less-curved proximal section comprises an exterior flat extending along the same side as the outside of the curve of the curved distal section, wherein the flat reduces an outside diameter of the less-curved proximal section so as to minimize interference between the angled drill guide and a side wall of an access cannula.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.