Patent ID: 7025770
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: A61B,A61F,B25B,B25G

Abstract:
1. A guide for positioning a wire on a bone having a bone surface with an edge to allow a tunnel to be formed in the bone along the guide wire including: an elongated body having a distal end and a proximal end, said body including an sloping surface extending towards an end wall at said distal end, said end wall being disposed in a plane; a lumen in said body for receiving a guide wire and having a longitudinal axis substantially perpendicular to the plane in which said end wall is disposed, said lumen extending from said proximal end to an opening formed on said sloping surface for allowing the guide wire to protrude from said body to contact the bone surface; and a tongue on said body having a surface spaced from said longitudinal axis and protruding distally from said end wall beyond said opening for engaging the edge of the bone surface whereby a guide wire protruding from said body contacts the bone surface at a location spaced from the edge a distance substantially equal to the distance that said surface of said tongue is spaced from said longitudinal axis of said lumen.