Patent ID: 11957364
Assignee: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A guide assembly comprising:
a body configured to be secured to a long bone;
a track component extending from a portion of the body, including semicircular parallel rails, each rail having one end secured to the body and one end spaced-away from the body and unsecured to the long bone and a slot that extends along a substantial portion of the rail to form a track from the body to the spaced-away unsecured end; and
a guide component slidably attached to the track component, wherein the guide component comprises a guide hole extending through the guide component for receiving a tool, the guide hole defining a longitudinal axis therethrough,
wherein the guide component is slidable along the track from the body to the spaced-away unsecured end,
wherein the track defines a semicircular arc path for the guide component and the semicircular arc path defines a center of curvature, and
wherein the guide hole is oriented in the guide component so that the longitudinal axis intersects the center of curvature, whereby when the tool is inserted through the guide hole of the guide component, the tool's longitudinal axis is coaxially aligned with the longitudinal axis of the guide hole so that when the tool is extended beyond the center of curvature, the tool intersects the center of curvature regardless of the guide component's position along the track from the body to the spaced-away unsecured end.