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Drill alignment guide

US5312409A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 1, 1992
Grant dateMay 17, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 1, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61F2/3662
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An alignment apparatus for guiding a cutting element along a predetermined path, the apparatus including a frame for guiding the cutting element along the predetermined path; and an adjustable clamp assembly, connected to the frame, for clamping a bone such that an intramedullary canal of the clamped bone is disposed along the predetermined path.

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