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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
Jude L. Sasing, Quezon, PH;
Joseph A. Garcia, Quezon, PH;
Roberto R. Fresnido, Rizal, PH;
Ramon B. Gustilo, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jude L. Sasing, Quezon, PH;
Joseph A. Garcia, Quezon, PH;
Roberto R. Fresnido, Rizal, PH;
Ramon B. Gustilo, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Dgimed Ortho, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides surgical drilling devices and methods. An exemplary surgical drilling device in accordance with the present invention comprises a housing, a retractable guide tube assembly, and a flexible cable drill. The retractable guide tube assembly comprises an arcuate guide tube slidingly positioned in a first arcuate channel of the housing. The arcuate guide tube is operatively connected to an actuating rod slidingly positioned in a second channel of the housing wherein the actuating rod controllably advances and retracts the arcuate guide tube. The flexible cable drill comprises a first portion slidingly positioned in the arcuate guide tube and a second portion slidingly positioned in a third channel of the housing.