US 12,364,490 B2
Drill guide assembly
Robert A Thibodeau, Saint Petersburg, FL (US); Gregory A Alfonso, Seffner, FL (US); Matthew C Summitt, Palm Harbor, FL (US); and Joaquim Casanas, Barcelona (ES)
Assigned to Conmed Corporation, Utica, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/284,502
Filed by Conmed Corporation, Utica, NY (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/036660
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/076376, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/744,686, filed on Oct. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0386438 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1782 (2016.11) [A61B 2017/00438 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drill guide, comprising:
a guide rail having an elongated shaft;
a guide body with an aperture extending therethrough, the aperture configured to receive the elongated shaft of the guide rail;
a trigger end of the guide body having a locking mechanism movable between an unlocked position and a locked position;
wherein in the unlocked position, the guide body is slidable along the guide rail in a proximal direction; and
wherein the drill guide further comprises:
a distal ring connected to the elongated shaft and having an outer perimeter;
a spike attached to a first position on the outer perimeter of the distal ring and extending therefrom; and
a hook attached to a second position on the outer perimeter of the distal ring and extending therefrom such that the hook and the spike extend from opposing positions along the outer perimeter of the distal ring.