Patent ID: 9693786
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A method for repairing a soft tissue or bone defect, comprising: positioning a C-shaped guide member around a condyle area of a femur of a patient, the C-shaped guide member having a first end with a threaded bore and a second end; resting the second end of the C-shaped guide member on a tibia of the patient; threadably advancing a cannulated bullet through the threaded bore of the C-shaped guide member to engage the femur and secure the C-shaped guide member; inserting a drilling member having a distal end through the cannulated bullet; rotating the drilling member until the distal end of the drilling member engages the second end of the C-shaped guide member to drill a femoral bore in the femur; removing the drilling member from the cannulated bullet; removing the cannulated bullet from the C-shaped guide member; removing the C-shaped guide member from the femur; slidably inserting a drive shaft through the femoral bore until a threaded distal end of the drive shaft reaches a joint space between the femur and the tibia of the patient; threadably engaging a cutter to the threaded distal end of the drive shaft after slidably inserting the drive shaft through the femoral bore; and rotating the drive shaft to form a pocket in the tibia using the cutter.