Patent ID: 9198676
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A drill guide assembly for arthroscopic surgery, comprising: a guide pin; an arc shaped member; an elongate guide member coupled to the arc shaped member, the elongate guide member having a bore hole therethrough for receiving the guide pin, the bore hole defining a longitudinal axis; and an alignment arm having a substantially straight first end portion and a substantially curved second end portion, the first end portion coupled to the arc shaped member and the second end portion including a first part and a second part, the first part of the second end portion defining a concave blocking surface, wherein the longitudinal axis of the bore hole passes through the concave blocking surface so that the guide pin, when inserted into the bore hole, contacts the concave blocking surface and is prevented from moving past the concave blocking surface, wherein the second part of the second end portion defines a viewing aperture through which at least a portion of the concave blocking surface is viewable, and wherein upon contacting the guide pin in the concave blocking surface, a distal portion of the guide pin is viewable through the viewing aperture.