ANATOMIC FEMORAL GUIDE

摘要

An anatomic femoral guide positions bone tunnels corresponding to the AM and PL bundles in ACL repair and reconstruction procedures. A template guide disposed in a surgical field proximate to a surgical member such as a femur or tibia defines a surgical footprint of the resulting bone tunnel. The template includes apertures corresponding to the size of the bone tunnels for the respective (AM or PL) bundles, and allows positioning at the drilling site to identify the size and location of the bone tunnel, as well as the relative distance between tunnels for double bundle procedures. An offset angle in the template provides differing orientations of the template apertures for visualizing the actual bone tunnel placement. The template has an aperture positionable parallel to a tibial plateau formation on the tibia, and the template orients a second aperture angled by the offset angle for positioning the second tunnel.

主权项

1. A surgical drill guide device, comprising:
a housing having a sleeve disposed through an aperture extending through a proximal portion thereof for maintaining slideable communication with an insertion member, the insertion member being elongated and having an aimer tip and an insertion knob for disposing the insertion member slideably through the housing along an insertion axis; and an aimer arm engaging a slot in a distal portion of the housing for arcuate movement thereto, the aimer arm having a proximate end engaging the slot and an opposed distal end; an aimer guide coupled to the distal end of the aimer arm, the aimer arm extending in an intersecting manner with the insertion axis; and a template attached to the annex guide, the template having an aperture defining a drilling footprint, the drilling footprint located on the insertion axis and corresponding to a bone tunnel through which a surgical attachment is passed; wherein the template has a flattened construction providing a low profile, the flattened construction facilitating insertion between surgical members for disposing the template in parallel alignment with a surgical landmark for defining a location of the bone tunnel; and wherein the proximal portion of the housing retains the insertion member coplanar with the aimer arm.