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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2018
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Tatsuya Arai, Memphis, TN (US);
Matthew Edwin Koski, Memphis, TN (US);
Timothy Young, Memphis, TN (US);
Nehal Navinbhai Patel, Memphis, TN (US);
Geoffrey Ian Karasic, Memphis, TN (US);
Marc Joseph Balboa, Memphis, TN (US);
Assignee:
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1796 (2013.01); A61B 17/1631 (2013.01); A61B 17/1633 (2013.01); A61B 17/17 (2013.01);
Abstract
Surgical drill guides having a guide shaft and a set of distal guide teeth extending from the guide shaft. The guide shaft has proximal and distal portions having two distinct inner and outer diameters, with a tapered zone extending between the two portions. Wall thickness is maintained or increased from the proximal portion to the distal portion of the shaft, reinforcing the rigidity of both the shaft and the distal guide teeth.