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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2011
Applicant:
Alan Johnstone, Aberdeen, GB;
Inventor:
Alan Johnstone, Aberdeen, GB;
Assignee:
Clear Surgical Limited, Glasgow, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01); A61B 17/90 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8866 (2013.01); A61B 17/17 (2013.01); A61B 17/848 (2013.01); A61B 17/8897 (2013.01); A61B 2017/90 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical guide device comprises first and second limbs pivotally connected together, with a respective guide sleeve pivotally attached to each limb. Each guide sleeve has a bore through the sleeve that can guide a drill bit or bone fixing for insertion into a fragmented bone portion. The device has an orientation mechanism adapted to change the orientation of the guide sleeves relative to the limbs as the limbs move relative to one another, so as to maintain the orientation of the guide sleeves relative to one another during pivotal movement of the limbs.