Patent ID: 7935123
Filing Date: 2011-05-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A guide device for use with a spinal plate having at least one pair of screw bores formed therein, the guide device comprising: an elongate shaft having a proximal end and a distal end; a guide member coupled to the distal end of the elongate shaft and including first and second lumens extending therethrough and immovable relative to one another, the first and second lumens having central axes that extend in a plane that is parallel to opposed superior and inferior surfaces of the guide member; and first and second opposed alignment tabs extending distally from the opposed superior and inferior surfaces of the guide member, the first and second opposed alignment tabs being adapted to interact with a spinal plate to position the guide member with respect to the spinal plate such that the first and second lumens in the guide member are aligned with a pair of corresponding screw bores formed in the spinal plate.