Surgical drill guide
A surgical drill guide is disclosed generally comprising a handle connected to an arm, the arm having an end for contacting a bone. The handle has a plurality of non-parallel channels therein for receiving a sleeve at different angles. Once properly positioned, the sleeve can be used to guide a K-wire into the bone, which can then be used as a guide for drilling a tunnel. The various angles allow the surgeon to achieve a range of tunnel lengths. In some embodiments, the guide has a locking mechanism for locking the sleeve in the channels.
1. A surgical drill guide that forms a tunnel in a bone that passes from a first outer surface of the bone to a second outer surface of the bone, comprising:
a handle having a plurality of sleeve channels, each channel having an axis, the axes of at least two of the channels being non-parallel with respect to each other;
an arm having a first end connected to said handle and a second end adapted to contact the bone and secure the surgical drill guide to the second outer surface of the bone; and
at least one sleeve adapted to receive a drilling member, said sleeve being adapted to be inserted into the plurality of sleeve channels in said handle;
wherein the drilling member forms a tunnel in the bone that passes from the first outer surface of the bone to the second outer surface of the bone;
wherein the angle of said sleeve with respect to said handle is variable by disposing said sleeve in different ones of the plurality of channels;
wherein the second end of said arm includes a mark on at least one surface of the second end that aligns said arm with a particular anatomical landmark.
2. A surgical drill guide as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mark comprises an etched line in at least one surface of the second end.
3. A surgical drill guide as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mark comprises a visual indicator on at least one surface of the second end.
4. A surgical drill guide that forms a tunnel in a bone that passes from a first outer surface of the bone to a second outer surface of the bone, comprising:
a handle having a plurality of sleeve channels, each channel having an axis, the axes of at least two of the channels being non-parallel with respect to each other;
an arm having a first end connected to said handle and a second end adapted to contact a bone and secure the surgical drill guide to the second outer surface of the bone; and
at least one sleeve adapted to receive a drilling member, said sleeve being adapted to be inserted into the plurality of sleeve channels in said handle and at least one of the plurality of sleeve channels receives said sleeve;
wherein the drilling member forms a tunnel in the bone that passes from the first outer surface of the bone to the second outer surface of the bone;
wherein the angle of said sleeve with respect to said handle is variable by disposing said sleeve in different ones of the plurality of channels;
wherein at least one sleeve channel of said plurality of the sleeve channels in said handle comprises at least one slot in communication with an exterior of said handle and said channel along the axis of the at least one sleeve channel.
5. A surgical drill guide that forms a tunnel in the bone that passes from a first outer surface of the bone to a second outer surface of the bone, comprising:
a handle having a plurality of sleeve channels, each channel having an axis, the axes of at least two of the channels being non-parallel with respect to each other;
an arm having a first end connected to said handle and a second end adapted to contact a bone and secure the surgical drill guide to the second outer surface of the bone; and
at least one sleeve adapted to receive a drilling member, said sleeve being adapted to be inserted into the plurality of sleeve channels in said handle;
wherein the drilling member forms a tunnel in the bone that passes from the first outer surface of the bone to the second outer surface of the bone;
wherein the angle of said sleeve with respect to said handle is variable by disposing said sleeve in different ones of the plurality of channels;
wherein said at least one sleeve comprises a plurality of sleeves simultaneously disposed in the plurality of channels;
wherein said plurality of sleeves are connected to each other.
6. A surgical drill guide that forms a tunnel in a bone that passes from a first outer surface of the bone to a second outer surface of the bone, comprising:
a handle having a plurality of sleeve channels, each channel having an axis, the axes of at least two of the channels being non-parallel with respect to each other;
an arm having a first end connected to said handle and a second end that includes a hook that contacts and secures the surgical drill guide to the second outer surface of the bone; and
at least one sleeve adapted to receive a drilling member that is advanced through the bone from the first outer surface to the second outer surface, said sleeve being adapted to be inserted into the plurality of sleeve channels in said handle;
wherein the drilling member forms a tunnel in the bone that passes from the first outer surface of the bone to the second outer surface of the bone;
wherein the angle of said sleeve with respect to said handle is variable by disposing said sleeve in different ones of the plurality of channels.
7. A surgical drill guide as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the second end of said arm has an aperture therein that receives the drilling member at the second outer surface of the bone.
8. A surgical drill guide as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the aperture is an open-ended hole in the second end of the arm.