Patent ID: 6419678
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A drill device for guiding a flexible drill bit in forming a channel in a vertebra of a patient for receiving a screw, the device comprising:an elongate handle member for being held by a hand, a mounting aperture extending through the handle member; a guide member for removably receiving and guiding the flexible drill bit, the guide member comprising a guide tube being removably insertable into the aperture of the handle member, the guide tube having a base end and a free end and a length therebetween, a bore extending along the length of the guide tube and opening at the base and free ends, the guide tube having an arcuate shape, the guide tube arcing in a first plane; securing means for removably securing the elongate handle member in a position on the guide member in which the longitudinal axis of the elongate handle member is oriented substantially perpendicular to the first plane of the guide tube.