Patent ID: 9724171
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A surgical method, comprising: advancing a pin through a tunnel formed in a bone such that a first portion of the pin extends outwardly from a first end of the tunnel, and a second portion of the pin extends outwardly from a second end of the tunnel; positioning an elongate pusher shaft over the first portion of the pin and in abutment with a surface of the bone adjacent the first end of the tunnel; advancing an elongate gauge member over the second portion of the pin and in abutment with a surface of the bone adjacent the second end of the tunnel; and positioning an indicator mark formed on the pin within a window formed in the gauge member, a position of the indictor mark relative to the window indicating a characteristic related to the tunnel when the pusher shaft abuts the surface of the bone adjacent the first end of the tunnel and the gauge member abuts the surface of the bone adjacent the second end of the tunnel.