US 12,245,780 B2
Multi-barrel drill guide and anchor deployment assembly
Robert A. Thibodeau, St. Petersburg, FL (US); Gregory A. Alfonso, Tampa, FL (US); Matthew C. Summitt, Palm Harbor, FL (US); and Robert A. Rofman, St. Petersburg, FL (US)
Assigned to CONMED CORPORATION, Largo, FL (US)
Filed by CONMED CORPORATION, Largo, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/954,554.
Application 17/954,554 is a continuation of application No. 16/619,583, granted, now 11,471,173, previously published as PCT/US2018/036011, filed on Jun. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,181, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/618,817, filed on Jan. 18, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/516,733, filed on Jun. 8, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/515,082, filed on Jun. 5, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/515,033, filed on Jun. 5, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0020951 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1796 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/1631 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-barrel drill guide, comprising:
an elongated body extending along a longitudinal axis having a proximal end and a distal end with a handle extending from the elongated body between the proximal end and the distal end;
an elongated distal guide tube attached to and extending distally from the distal end of the elongated body;
a track inside the elongated body extending along the longitudinal axis from the proximal end toward the distal end of the elongated body;
a shallow deployment button rotatably connected to the elongated body, the shallow deployment button having a flange extending into a path of the track;
a sliding inserter movably connected to the elongated body such that the sliding inserter is configured to move between the proximal end and the distal end of the elongated body along the track; and
wherein force from the sliding inserter on the flange rotates the shallow deployment button relative to the elongated body.