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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2022
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
This Aebi, Grenchen, CH;
Mirko Rocci, Bettlach, CH;
Steffan Daniel, Solothurn, CH;
Joel Oberli, Niederdorf, CH;
Johanna Menze, Zurich, CH;
Andreas Baeriswyl, Buren an der Aare, CH;
Said Ghammar, Zuchwil, CH;
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
A drill sleeve, including: an outer sleeve with an internal collet at a distal end of the outer sleeve, a slot, and an inner opening; a handle connected to the outer sleeve; an inner sleeve with an inner opening configured to receive and guide a drill bit, wherein the inner sleeve is configured to slide inside the inner opening of the outer sleeve; a trigger; a connection member connected to trigger and the inner tube, wherein the connection member passes through the slot in the outer sleeve and a biasing member configured to apply a biasing force between the handle and the trigger wherein the biasing force drives the inner sleeve into the outer sleeve, wherein when a distal end of the inner sleeve engages the internal collet, the internal collet is configured to engage a screw hole in a bone plate, align the drill sleeve with a nominal axis of the screw hole, and secure the drill sleeve to the screw hole.