Patent ID: 8241297

Claim:
A surgical drill guide system for guiding a drill bit and limiting the depth of holes drilled by the drill bit according to dimensions of a shape memory implant to be inserted into the holes, said surgical drill guide comprising: a body having a plurality of sides including a drill bit entry side and a tissue contact side opposite said drill bit entry side, said drill bit entry side having first and second surfaces that are offset from one another thereby defining a first thickness between said first surface of said drill bit entry side and said tissue contact side and a second thickness between said second surface of said drill bit entry side and said tissue contact side, said tissue contact side including a tissue contact surface that is defined by one or more tissue contact points; drill bit guide holes extending from and through said drill bit entry side of said first and second surfaces to and through said tissue contact side of said body; and a shape memory implant that is sized to fit within implant storage holes defined in at least one of said plurality of sides of said body during shipment of said system, said implant storage holes being spaced a distance substantially equivalent to dimensions of the shape memory implant; wherein the distance between the drill bit guide holes is substantially equivalent to the distance between the implant storage holes.