IP Library Granted Patent US 9,968,368
Granted Patent B2
US 9,968,368 · App. 14/548,402 · Granted May 15, 2018

Drill guide

Inventors: Masaki Okuno (Osaka, JP); Hiroshi Morii (Osaka, JP); Katsuya Nada (Osaka, JP); Ryosuke Kuroda (Hyogo, JP)
Assignees: TEIJIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.; NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITY
A61B17/1714
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Patent No.
US 9,968,368
App. No.
14/548,402
Granted
May 15, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drill guide has a main body in which a drill insertion hole is formed and plural projection portions to be inserted into plural bone tunnels. The plural projection portions project forward from the main body parallel with the center line of the drill insertion hole, a virtual drill insertion hole which extends from the drill insertion hole of the main body is formed between the plural projection portions parallel with their center lines by cutting out confronting portions of the plural projection portions, and the length of at least one of the drill insertion hole and the virtual drill insertion hole is 5 mm or more. The drill guide can guide a drill so as to be correctly between plural bone tunnels bored through a living body bone without causing axis deviation so that a link bone tunnel for connecting the plural bone tunnels can be formed between them in the same direction as their direction.

Claims (19)

1. A drill guide for guiding a drill to be used for forming, between a plurality of bone tunnels, a link bone tunnel for connecting the plurality of bone tunnels, the drill guide comprising:

a main body in which a drill insertion hole is formed; and

a plurality of projection portions to be inserted into the plurality of bone tunnels, wherein

the plurality of projection portions project forward from the main body parallel with a center line of the drill insertion hole,

a virtual drill insertion hole which extends from the drill insertion hole of the main body is formed between the plurality of projection portions parallel with center lines of the plurality of projection portions by cutting out confronting portions of the plurality of projection portions,

a length of at least one of the drill insertion hole and the virtual drill insertion hole is 5 mm or more, and

outer diameters of the plurality of projection portions are equal to diameters of the drill insertion hole and the virtual drill insertion hole.

2. The drill guide according to claim 1 , wherein the virtual drill insertion hole overlaps with the plurality of projection portions over a length that is greater than or equal to ¼ of diameters of the plurality of projection portions.

3. The drill guide according to claim 1 , wherein lengths of the plurality of projection portions are 15 mm or more.

4. The drill guide according to claim 1 , wherein a through-hole in which to insert a pin is formed in each of the plurality of projection portions, the through-holes extending continuously through the main body.

5. A drill guide for guiding a drill to be used for forming, between a plurality of bone tunnels, a link bone tunnel for connecting the plurality of bone tunnels, the drill guide comprising:

a main body in which a drill insertion hole is formed; and

a plurality of projection portions to be inserted into the plurality of bone tunnels, wherein

the plurality of projection portions project forward from the main body parallel with a center line of the drill insertion hole,

a virtual drill insertion hole which extends from the drill insertion hole of the main body is formed between the plurality of projection portions parallel with center lines of the plurality of projection portions by cutting out confronting portions of the plurality of projection portions,

a length of at least one of the drill insertion hole and the virtual drill insertion hole is 5 mm or more, and

a through-hole in which to insert a pin is formed in each of the plurality of projection portions, the through-holes extending continuously through the main body.

6. The drill guide according to claim 5 , wherein the virtual drill insertion hole overlaps with the plurality of projection portions over a length that is greater than or equal to ¼ of diameters of the plurality of projection portions.

7. The drill guide according to claim 5 , wherein lengths of the plurality of projection portions are 15 mm or more.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2017
From: C.I. TAKIRON CORPORATION
To: TEIJIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 043901/0281 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 21, 2017
From: TAKIRON CO., LTD.
To: C.I. TAKIRON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043017/0547 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2015
From: OKUNO, MASAKI; MORII, HIROSHI; NADA, KATSUYA; KURODA, RYOSUKE
To: TAKIRON CO., LTD.; NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 035394/0925 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-241761 · Nov 22, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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