US 12,011,179 B2
Tibial guide transfer instruments and methods
Brian R. Harris, Jr., Cordova, TN (US); and Robert F. Simes, Jr., Hendersonville, NC (US)
Assigned to MicroPort Orthopedics Holdings Inc., Arlington, TN (US)
Filed by MicroPort Orthopedics Holdings Inc., Arlington, TN (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/455,945.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/248,059, filed on Sep. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/122,115, filed on Dec. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0175398 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/157 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1764 (2013.01); A61F 2/461 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
4. A linking drill guide medical device comprising:
a femoral portion, the femoral portion configured to engage a first femoral engagement member;
a tibial portion, the tibial portion having a first arm oppositely disposed from a second arm to define a recess extending from a posterior distal side of the tibial portion and separating the first arm from the second arm, wherein each of the first arm and the second arm have a tube projecting from an inferior surface of the first arm and the second arm of the tibial portion, the tubes defining tibial reference holes; and
a body connecting the femoral portion to the tibial portion, wherein a distal end of each of the tubes is recessed from a posterior distal end of the tibial portion of the linking drill guide medical device, and wherein the inferior surface of the first arm and the second arm of the tibial portion aligns with a tibial resection plane when the linking drill guide medical device is in an engaged configuration.