Patent ID: 7229448

Claim:
A transverse guide assembly for use in passing a pin through a host bone and through a transversely-extending region formed in a selected one of (1) an interference screw, and (2) a bone screw, wherein the assembly comprises a key member, a boom member and a guide member; wherein said key member comprises an elongated body extending from a first end of said boom member and having a key projection portion integral with and extending from a free end thereof; wherein said boom member comprises a generally U-shaped portion extending from said key member and an elongated body integral with and extending from said U-shaped portion and spaced from and generally parallel to said key member, the elongated body of said boom member having a bore extending transversely therethrough proximate a second end of said boom member; and wherein said guide member is adapted to fit loosely in the bore in the elongated body of said boom member, said guide member having an axial bore extending therethrough; wherein the key projection portion of said key member is of a non-circular configuration complementary to a keyway in the selected screw for receiving thereon the selected screw; wherein the guide member bore is adapted to (1) receive a drill for developing a tunnel through the host bone and through the transversely-extending region formed in the selected one of (i) an interference screw and (ii) a bone screw, and (2) receive the pin to engage the selected one of (i) an interference screw and (ii) a bone screw in the transversely-extending region; and wherein said assembly further comprises a lever pivotally mounted on said boom member elongated body and engageable with said guide member to set an angle of a lengthwise axis of said guide member relative to a lengthwise axis of said key member.