US 12,102,340 B2
Surgical drill guide systems and methods of use thereof
Stephen Santangelo, Sturbridge, MA (US); Anthony O'Leary, Walpole, MA (US); Matthew Dennis Cunningham, Lakeville, MA (US); Scott Faucett, Washington, DC (US); Jeffrey Wyman, Naples, FL (US); Chun Liu, Brookline, MA (US); and Roman Gutierrez, Brighton, MA (US)
Assigned to Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/687,228.
Application 17/687,228 is a continuation of application No. 16/423,483, filed on May 28, 2019, granted, now 11,298,143.
Application 16/423,483 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2018/021111, filed on May 6, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/484,514, filed on Apr. 12, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/677,717, filed on May 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0240954 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 50/33 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/90 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/1764 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1717 (2013.01); A61B 50/33 (2016.02); A61B 2017/0042 (2013.01); A61B 17/02 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 17/90 (2021.08); A61B 2090/062 (2016.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical drill guide system comprising:
a single-piece handle having a proximal portion and a curved distal portion, a cannulation extending through the proximal portion, the cannulation in communication with an exterior of the handle through a slot formed through the proximal portion;
a sleeve member configured to slideably extend through the cannulation, the sleeve member having an internal channel for passage of a guide wire, the sleeve defining an insertion axis; and
a ratcheting member disposed within a channel defined by the proximal portion of the handle, the channel extending perpendicular to the insertion axis;
wherein the distal portion of the handle terminates in a stop disposed at a point along the insertion axis;
wherein a tip of the sleeve member and the stop define a drilling path therebetween for the guide wire along the insertion axis; and
wherein a surface of the sleeve member comprises a plurality of profiled grooves for selective engagement with a lock of the ratcheting member, a spring disposed within the lock causing the lock to engage the plurality of grooves such that the sleeve member can be advanced progressively until resisted by bone.