Patent ID: 7909815
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A medical instrument guide comprising: a guide body having a first support surface; a quick-release lever having a support portion, a gauge indicator portion, and a detent; and an insert demountably coupled to the quick-release lever and comprising a second support surface and a plurality of notches shaped for selective engagement with the detent, the second support surface being disposed parallel to the first support surface to form an instrument-receiving channel therebetween, said instrument-receiving channel having a central longitudinal axis; wherein the selective engagement of the detent with the plurality of notches establishes a plurality of different index positions, each of the index positions corresponding to a different size instrument-receiving channel; and wherein the insert is movable along a path extending at an acute angle to the central longitudinal axis to any one of the index positions to move said first support surface relative to the second support surface and thereby change the size of the instrument receiving channel.