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Method and instruments for ACL reconstruction

  • US 5,300,077 A
  • Filed: 02/23/1993
  • Issued: 04/05/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/16/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A drill guide for determining the site for and positioning a transverse pin member in a femur, the drill guide comprising:

  • a) an elongated bar member;

    b) an aimer member attached to said bar member and extending therefrom and shaped to pass in a posterior direction from said bar member toward the femoral intercondylar notch and having a tip having a notched convexly curved and flattened upper surface shaped to nest with the cartilaginous roof surface of the femoral intercondylar notch; and

    c) a positioning member mounted to said bar member defining a transverse drilling axis passing through a femoral condyle and having a predetermined orientation with respect to said aimer member tip.

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