Patent ID: 9579111
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A method of guiding at least one guidewire into a bone, comprising: providing a guide apparatus including a body, a handle coupled to the body, and an arm coupled to the handle, the body having a central axis, a projection, a first channel, and a second channel, the first channel and the second channel being configured to receive a first guidewire and a second guidewire, respectively, the projection being at least approximately aligned with the central axis of the body, the first channel and the second channel being at least approximately in parallel with each other on either side of the projection; engaging a bone with the projection of the body of the guide apparatus; engaging at least a portion of the bone with the arm of the guide apparatus; disposing the first guidewire and the second guidewire into the first channel and the second channel, respectively, of the body of the guide apparatus to allow the first guidewire and the second guidewire to be guided in a first direction toward the bone at least approximately parallel to the central axis of the body of the guide apparatus; and drilling one or both of the first guidewire and the second guidewire into the bone.