US 12,220,123 B2
Apparatus and methods for joining bones
Ryan Niver, Glenview, IL (US); Michael Ksenich, Northfield, IL (US); and Dinesh Koka, Winter Park, FL (US)
Assigned to Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL (US)
Filed by Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/407,182.
Prior Publication US 2023/0060073 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0642 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1615 (2013.01); A61B 17/1728 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0641 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0648 (2013.01); A61B 17/1682 (2013.01); A61B 17/1714 (2013.01); A61B 17/1739 (2013.01); A61B 17/1775 (2016.11); A61B 17/1782 (2016.11)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A guide tool configured for drilling holes in bones for insertion of a legs of a first surgical staple and legs of a second surgical staple, the tool comprising:
a handle;
a rearward set of drill guides fixed relative to the handle;
an adjustable arm selectively fixable relative to the handle and moveable toward and away from the rearward set of drill guides, the arm having an arcuate segment;
a forward set of drill guides selectively fixable relative to the arcuate segment of the arm, the forward set of drill guides being movable along an arcuate path.