Surgical drill guide - Patent 1449484

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EP 1 449 484 A8

(12)	CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(48)	Corrigendum issued on:
	02.02.2005 Bulletin 2005/05

(43)	Date of publication:
	25.08.2004 Bulletin 2004/35

(21)	Application number: 04003259.1

(22)	Date of filing: 13.02.2004

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61B 17/17, A61B 17/58

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

13.02.2003 US 365904
29.08.2003 US 652507

(71)	Applicant: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
	78532 Tuttlingen (DE)

(72)	Inventors:
	Wetzler, Merrick Cherry Hill NJ 08003 (US) Gillespie, Martin Spartanburg, SC 29307 (US) Lowden, Robert P. E. Warehame MA 02538 (US)

(74)	Representative: Weller, Wolfgang, Dr. et al
	Witte, Weller & Partner Patentanwälte Postfach 105462 70047 Stuttgart 70047 Stuttgart (DE)

(54)	Surgical drill guide

(57) A surgical drill guide (10) is disclosed generally comprising a handle (40) connected to an arm (20), the arm (20) having an end (24) for contacting a bone. The handle (40) has a plurality of non-parallel channels (42) therein for receiving a sleeve (44) at different angles. Once properly positioned, the sleeve (44) can be used to guide a K-wire into the bone, which can then be used as a guide for drilling a tunnel. The various angles allow the surgeon to achieve a range of tunnel lengths (Fig. 1).