Patent ID: 6059789
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A drill guide for use in forming converging passages in bone cooperating to form a continuous tunnel in the bone comprisinga guide member for positioning upon a surface of a bone and including a support plate, an abutment member protruding below said support plate and forming a contact point for abutment with the surface of the bone, a projection protruding below said support plate and terminating at a tip disposed a predetermined distance below said support plate for penetrating the bone, said contact point being disposed a predetermined distance below said support plate that is less than said predetermined distance that said tip is disposed below said support plate such that said projection penetrates the bone to a predetermined depth when said contact point is in abutment with the surface of the bone; anda pair of guide passages extending angularly, entirely through said guide member for receiving and guiding a drill bit, said guide passages having central longitudinal axes, respectively, converging at a predetermined point within the bone when said projection penetrates the bone to said predetermined depth such that a drill bit guided into the bone by said guide passage forms converging passages in the bone cooperating to form a continuous tunnel in the bone.