Patent ID: 9226735
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: A61B,A61M

Claim Text:
1. A catheter guiding device, comprising: a bolt including a shaft configured to be inserted within a hole drilled in a bone and a passageway extending longitudinally therethrough along a bolt axis; a guide member received within the passageway of the bolt and extending longitudinally along a guide axis, the guide member including a guide channel extending therethrough along the guide axis, wherein, in a first configuration, the guide member is movable relative to the bolt within a predetermined range of angulation to alter an angle between the guide axis and the bolt axis to a desired angle aligning the guide axis with a target area and, in a second configuration, the guide member is fixed in the desired angle; and a coupling element coupling the guide member to the bolt, the coupling element movably received within the passageway and receiving a distal portion of the guide member therein, wherein the coupling element is a slotted bushing, the distal portion of the guide member received within the bushing along a central axis thereof such that the guide axis and the central axis are substantially coaxial, wherein the slotted bushing is movable relative to the bolt in a first configuration and locked relative to the bolt in a second configuration, and wherein, in the first configuration, the slotted bushing is biased in a non-expanded configuration and, in the second configuration, the slotted bushing is in an expanded configuration such that the central axis of the bushing is fixed at the desired angle with respect to the bolt.