Patent ID: 7575578
Filing Date: 2009-08-18
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical drill guide that forms a tunnel in a bone that passes from a first outer surface of the bone to a second outer surface of the bone, comprising: a handle having a plurality of sleeve channels, each channel having an axis, the axes of at least two of the channels being non-parallel with respect to each other; an arm having a first end connected to said handle and a second end adapted to contact the bone and secure the surgical drill guide to the second outer surface of the bone; and at least one sleeve adapted to receive a drilling member, said sleeve being adapted to be inserted into the plurality of sleeve channels in said handle; wherein the drilling member forms a tunnel in the bone that passes from the first outer surface of the bone to the second outer surface of the bone; wherein the angle of said sleeve with respect to said handle is variable by disposing said sleeve in different ones of the plurality of channels; wherein the second end of said arm includes a mark on at least one surface of the second end that aligns said arm with a particular anatomical landmark.