Patent ID: 8257359
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of attaching a graft to a bone, comprising the steps of: separating the graft from a graft block; grasping the graft with a drill guide comprising a pair of opposing jaws, each of the jaws including an enlarged distal tip with a curved inner surface, the curved inner surfaces being complementary to a curved outer surface of the graft, so that the opposing jaws securely engage the graft when the drill guide is in the locked position; drilling two parallel holes through the graft by employing the drill guide; attaching the graft to an offset guide and positioning the graft on the bone; drilling two parallel drill pins directly through respective cannulations of the offset guide, through the two parallel holes in the graft, and into the bone; removing the offset guide leaving the guide pins in place; and securing the graft to the bone.