SASING, JUDE, L.,GARCIA, JOSEPH, A.,FRESNIDO, ROBERTO, R.,GUSTILO, RAMON, B.
申请号:
EP07839852
公开号:
EP2088944A4
申请日:
2007.10.30
申请国别(地区):
EP
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要:
The present invention provides surgical drilling devices and methods. An exemplary surgical drilling device in accordance with the present invention comprises a housing, a retractable guide tube assembly, and a flexible cable drill. The retractable guide tube assembly comprises an arcuate guide tube slidingly positioned in a first arcuate channel of the housing. The arcuate guide tube is operatively connected to an actuating rod slidingly positioned in a second channel of the housing wherein the actuating rod controllably advances and retracts the arcuate guide tube. The flexible cable drill comprises a first portion slidingly positioned in the arcuate guide tube and a second portion slidingly positioned in a third channel of the housing.