Patent ID: 8007501

Claim:
A device for positioning and inserting a guide wire into patient tissue comprising: a curved guide tube having a distal end configured for insertion into a patient's body to a target position therein, a channel extending through the guide tube between a proximal end configured to receive a first guide wire and a distal guide tube opening in the distal end; a handle; a retaining arm connecting the guide tube to the handle; and a positioning element coupled to the distal end of the guide tube, the positioning element having a guide bore longitudinally aligned with and open to the distal guide tube opening for receiving the first guide wire passed therethrough to a distal positioning element opening which, when the guide tube is in the desired position, opens to a first target location for the insertion of the first guide wire into the bone and a first correction bore extending through the positioning element laterally separated from the guide bore and radially outside the guide tube.