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

Claim 10:
11. A variable implant article placement guide assembly, comprising:
a guide body including a reference location guide shaft receptacle therein and a plurality of target location guide shaft receptacles therein, wherein a longitudinal axis of all of the guide shaft receptacles extends substantially parallel to a longitudinal reference axis of the guide body, wherein each of the target location guide shaft receptacles is spaced-apart from each adjacent one of the target location guide shaft receptacles, wherein the reference location guide shaft receptacle is spaced away from all of the target location guide shaft receptacles, and wherein each of the target location guide shaft receptacles comprises a stepped sidewall passage extending through the guide body;
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 engaged with any selected one of the target location guide shaft receptacles to constrain unrestricted relative movement between the first guide shaft and the guide body and wherein the first guide shaft has a stepped side wall defining a shoulder that engages the stepped sidewall passage of a selected one of the target location guide shaft receptacles when engaged therein thereby defining a seated position of the first guide shaft within the selected one of the target location guide shaft receptacles; and
a second guide shaft having a proximate end portion and a distal end portion, wherein the proximate end portion of the second guide shaft is engaged with the reference location guide shaft receptacle to constrain unrestricted relative movement between the second guide shaft and the guide body and wherein a longitudinal axis of the second guide shaft is the longitudinal reference axis of the guide body.