Patent ID: 8840615
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of guiding at least one guidewire into a bone, the method comprising: providing a guide apparatus comprising a body, a handle coupled to the body, and an arm coupled to the handle, the body having a central axis defined therethrough, the handle comprising a locking mechanism, the body having a projection, and a first channel and a second channel formed through the body, the first channel and the second channel being configured to receive a first guidewire and a second guidewire, respectively, the projection being at least approximately aligned with the central axis defined through the body, the first channel and the second channel being at least approximately on neither side of the projection in parallel with each other; engaging at least a portion of the bone with the arm; engaging at least a portion of the bone with the projection of the body; preventing, with the locking mechanism, movement of the body relative to the handle in a first direction away from the bone along the central axis of the body; disposing the first guidewire and the second guidewire into the first channel and the second channel, respectively, formed through the body to allow the first guidewire and the second guidewire disposed in the first channel and the second channel, respectively, to be guided in a second direction toward the bone at least approximately parallel to the central axis of the body; and drilling one or more of the first guidewire and the second guidewire in the bone.