Bone plate with pre-assembled drill guide tips
CA 2591512 C · Owner: Orbay, Jorge L. · Inventors: Castaneda, Javier E.; Doyle, William F.; Orbay, Jorge L.
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Removable drill guide tips are pre-assembled into threaded holes of a bone plate. The tips may be used with an extension to together function as a conventional drill guide. After drilling the extension or another tool is , used to remove the tips from the plate. According to another use the tip is , used as a guide for a drill bit without any additional extension and then removed with a tool.
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- Filed November 28, 2005 and granted February 11, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 28, 2025.
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