Patent ID: 11857272
Assignee: SI-RESTORE LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. An implanted article physical referencing apparatus, comprising:
a guide body including a plurality of guide shaft receptacles therein, wherein a longitudinal axis of each of the guide shaft receptacles extends substantially parallel to a longitudinal reference axis of the guide body, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of guide shaft receptacles intersect each other, and wherein each of said intersecting ones of the guide shaft receptacles has a side wall portion and a shoulder extending therefrom; and
a first guide shaft having a proximate end portion and a distal end portion, wherein the proximate end portion of the first guide shaft includes an exterior surface adapted for being engaged with a corresponding interior surface of a selected one of the guide shaft receptacles to constrain unrestricted relative movement between the first guide shaft and the guide body and wherein the exterior surface of the first guide shaft includes a side wall portion including a shoulder extending therefrom that engages the shoulder of one of said intersecting ones of the guide shaft receptacles when the side wall portion of the first guide shaft is seated in a selected one of the guide shaft receptacles for constraining axial displacement of the first guide shaft relative to the guide body.