Abstract: A drill guide comprising: a body comprising a hole extending therethrough for guiding a drill; and an alignment tool, the alignment tool being operable to connect the body to an intramedullary rod, such that the orientation of the body is fixable with respect to the intramedullary rod in an anteroposterior plane and in a transverse plane.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 17, 2010
Date of Patent:
May 12, 2015
Assignees:
Biomet UK Limited, Colin Hunsley, Estate of John William Goodfellow, Oxford Analysis Ltd.
Inventors:
Mona Alinejad, Christopher Alexander Dodd, John William Goodfellow, Russell Lloyd, David Wycliffe Murray, John Joseph O'Connor