Patent ID: 8956369
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for surgery comprising: a body with an elongated opening; a handle attached to the body; a fixed sleeve having a longitudinal axis and passing through the opening in the body and being fixed to the body, an end of the fixed sleeve being configured to be placed against a surface of a bone; a cannulated guide coupled to the body and passing through the opening in the body in a spaced apart, parallel relationship with respect to the fixed sleeve, the cannulated guide being laterally movable within the opening of the body; and a slidable sleeve able to slide through the cannulation of the guide, wherein, when a portion of the slidable sleeve is within the guide, a longitudinal axis of the slidable sleeve is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the fixed sleeve, and wherein, when an end of the slidable sleeve being placed against the surface of the bone at an angle, and when the angle between the fixed sleeve and the bone changes, the slidable sleeve slides through the cannulation of the guide so that the fixed and slidable sleeves maintain contact with the bone, and the fixed sleeve remains parallel to the slidable sleeve regardless of the angle of the longitudinal axes of the fixed and slidable sleeves relative to the surface of the bone.