Patent ID: 11871970
Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 18:
19. A method of securing an aiming guide arm relative to a bone plate, the aiming guide arm having a rigid body extending from a proximal end to a distal end with a plurality of aiming holes defined through the rigid body between the proximal end and the distal end thereof, the distal end defining an attachment slot through the body, the bone plate extending along a longitudinal axis and comprising a proximal portion, a shaft, and a distal portion, the bone plate defining a plurality of first screw holes along shaft, a plurality of second screw holes at the distal portion, an attachment screw hole proximate the distal portion and a plurality of indentations about the attachment screw hole, the method comprising:
threadably engaging a first end of a threaded shaft in the attachment screw hole such that the threaded shaft extends from the bone plate at an oblique angle;
sliding an attachment post over the threaded shaft such that ball end pins extending from an attachment block on one end of the attachment post seated within the indentations on the bone plate, the opposite end of the attachment post having an orienting boss extending from a mating surface;
positioning the aiming guide arm with the orienting boss extending through the attachment slot with a first surface of the aiming guide arm seated on the mating surface; and
securing a fastener to a second end of the threaded shaft, the fastener engaging a second surface of the body of the aiming guide opposite the first surface to secure the body of the aiming guide relative to the bone plate in a fixed orientation.