US 12,471,935 B2
Self leveling patellar drill guide
Polina Canepa, Wyckoff, NJ (US); Elena Doce, Sleepy Hollow, NY (US); and Stefano Bini, Piedmont, CA (US)
Assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US)
Filed by Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/227,010.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/392,616, filed on Jul. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0032947 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1767 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1677 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patellar drill guide, comprising:
a head having an outer surface, the outer surface being convexly curved, and at least one channel extending through the head; and
a collar having an inner surface being concavely curved and corresponding in shape to at least a portion of the outer surface of the head and being fitted to the head to define an articular joint therebetween,
wherein the head comprises a bore and an insert, the insert defining the at least one channel and being removably received within the bore of the head.