Spinal transpedicle drill jig

• US 4,907,577 A
• Filed: 04/03/1989
• Issued: 03/13/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Shing-Sheng Wu
• Original Assignee: Shing-Sheng Wu
• Inventors: Wu, Shing-Sheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Hafer, Robert A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BROWN, MICHAEL A
• Application Number:
  US07/331,818
• Time in Patent Office: 344 Days
• Field of Search: 128/92 VY, 128/92 V, 128/92 VZ, 128/92 VD, 128/92 VT, 128/92 YM, 128/92 YJ, 128/92 YF, 128/92 VV, 128/92 VW, 128/92 R, 128/92 ZY, 128/92 ZW , 128/92 ZK, 128/92 YP, 128/92 YL, 128/92 ZZ, 128/92 Z, 269/322, 269/323, 269/324
• US Class Current: 606/87
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/1757 for the spine

Abstract

A spinal transpedicle drill jig adapted for providing a safe route for drilling, including an I-shaped body, a guiding base and a positioning base. The jig provides a precise location for drilling to prevent deviation of the drilling direction so as to prevent injury during surgery to the nerve root or spinal cord.

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