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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2003
E. Marlowe Goble, Alta, WY (US);
T. Wade Fallin, Hyde Park, UT (US);
Kenneth J. Gardner, Smithfield, UT (US);
E. Marlowe Goble, Alta, WY (US);
T. Wade Fallin, Hyde Park, UT (US);
Kenneth J. Gardner, Smithfield, UT (US);
MedicineLodge, Inc., Logan, UT (US);
Abstract
A transverse guide assembly for use in passing a transverse pin through a host bone and through a transversely-extending region formed in an interference screw, wherein the transverse guide assembly includes a key member, a boom member and a guide member, and further wherein the key member is adapted to be connected to a keyway formed in the proximal end of the interference screw, the boom member is connected to the key member and supports the guide member outboard of the interference screw, and the guide member is configured to support a drill for forming a hole to receive the transverse pin which extends transversely through the host bone and the transversely-extending region formed in the interference screw.