Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flexible surgical screwdriver and methods of arthroscopic ligament reconstruction
- Patent Title (中): 弹性手术螺丝刀及关节镜韧带重建方法
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Application No.: US554601Application Date: 1995-11-06
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Publication No.: US5797918APublication Date: 1998-08-25
- Inventor: David A. McGuire , Jeffery W. Lefler , Gary T. Garman
- Applicant: David A. McGuire , Jeffery W. Lefler , Gary T. Garman
- Applicant Address: AK Anchorage
- Assignee: McGuire; David A.
- Current Assignee: McGuire; David A.
- Current Assignee Address: AK Anchorage
- Main IPC: A61B17/15
- IPC: A61B17/15 ; A61B17/17 ; A61B17/88 ; A61B19/00 ; A61F2/08 ; B25B13/48 ; B25B23/00 ; B25G1/04 ; B25G3/26 ; A61B17/56
Abstract:
A surgical screwdriver for inserting bone screws in bone tunnels in ligament reconstruction has, in a preferred embodiment, a cannulated flexible shaft portion. The flexible shaft portion is formed by a plurality of linkage members disposed in series. Each linkage member is joined to an adjacent linkage member so as to permit adjacent linkage members to be pivotally movable with respect to one another about a pivot axis. The screwdriver is used in methods of arthroscopic cruciate ligament reconstruction including the steps of introducing the screwdriver along a guide wire through a portal that is offset from the longitudinal axis of a bone tunnel and driving an interference screw mounted on the driver in the bone tunnel to fixate a bone block in the bone tunnel.
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