Patient-specific alignment guide for multiple incisions
US8298237B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 4, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 30, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 7, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T408/98
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A patient-specific alignment guide for an orthopedic implant. The alignment guide can include a body having first and second opposing surfaces, the second surface adapted for positioning over a skin surface, and at least one extension extending from the second surface body. The extension has a distal end defining a patient-specific end surface that is mateable in form-fitting manner with a subcutaneous portion of the patient's anatomy, and at least one guiding passage extending between the first surface of the body and the distal end of the extension.
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