Patent ID: 11918234
Assignee: MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SARL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A surgical method, comprising:
coupling a bullet configured to define a location of a proximal end of a bore to be drilled in bone to a carriage disposed along an arm of a surgical guide, where the surgical guide defines a path for a retrograde reamer to drill the bore in bone at a surgical site, the bullet being maintained in one of a receiving position, a locking position, or an intermediate position of the carriage, the intermediate position comprising a position that occurs in the transition from the receiving position to the locking position, wherein the coupling comprises:
positioning the carriage in the receiving position by rotating a rotatable receiver disposed in the channel with respect to the carriage such that a bullet-receiving opening formed in the rotatable receiver faces the outside environment, a channel of the carriage being open to an outside environment in the receiving position to pass the bullet into the carriage;
introducing the bullet into the channel from a direction that is transverse to a facial surface of the carriage; and
transitioning the carriage to the locking position, wherein, when the carriage is in the locking position, the bullet is configured to translate distally along a longitudinal axis through the channel when a threshold force is met or exceeded, and a location of the bullet is maintained with respect to the longitudinal axis when a threshold force is not exceeded.