Patents Represented by Law Firm Fish & Richardsoin P.C.
  • Positioning a tibial tunnel
    Patent number: 5968050
    Abstract: A guide for positioning a tibial tunnel in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. The guide includes a guide arm and a drill sleeve connected to the guide arm. A distal tip of the guide arm is configured to contact a femoral surface, and a distal tip of the drill sleeve is configured to contact a tibial surface when the distal tip of the guide arm contacts the femoral surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul A. Torrie