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Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 16, 2020
Applicant:

The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate, Denver, CO (US);

Inventors:

Vikas Patel, Denver, CO (US);

Leighton Joseph LaPierre, Hampstead, NC (US);

Brandon Blair Arthurs, Wilmington, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1757 (2013.01); A61B 17/1728 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device and method for drilling a pilot hole within an object at a predetermined angle. The device includes a spacer having a lateral surface established by a first surface and a second surface and at least a portion of the lateral surface includes an extension. The extension having a proximal end and a distal end where the proximal end abuts the lateral surface and the distal end is configured to coupled to a first end of a body. A guide body is also provided and is coupled to the device. The guide member includes a bore extending from a first end to a second end. Subsequent to disposing the spacer within the object, a drilling instrument may be disposed within the guide body thereby drilling out the pilot hole at the prescribed angle.


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