Patent ID: 8449552

Claim:
A drill guide and pin apparatus comprising: a drill guide having a drill sleeve and a boring tool, said boring tool operable to provide a drill bore into a bone portion; a pin operably coupled by an arm to the boring tool, said pin forming a pin bore into the bone portion at angle α in a range of about 30 degrees to about 170 degrees relative to the drill bore with said pin bore intersecting the drill bore at a predetermined position relative to the arm in a drilling configuration; and a wire directable through the drill bore in a wire insertion process; and a catch provided with the pin, said catch extendable through the pin bore, engagable with the wire when removed, and configured to direct the wire through and out the drill bore in a directing process with the catch grabbing the wire with the action of removing the catch from the pin bore, wherein the catch is defined by two arms providing a bore therethrough and a pinch.