Patent ID: 11857206
Assignee: LABORATOIRES BODYCAD INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A patient-specific opening validating tool for validating a wedge opening made in a patient's bone, the patient's bone having an exterior bone surface with exterior contours and the wedge opening extending through the bone and defining a top interior surface and a bottom interior surface, the opening validating tool comprising:
a body comprising:
a wedge element sized and shaped to fit in the wedge opening, the wedge element having substantially planar bone contacting surfaces with contours complementary in shape to surface contours of the top and bottom interior surfaces of the patient's bone; and
a tab element located at a thicker end of the wedge element, the tab element being shaped and adapted to limit an insertion depth of the wedge element within the wedge opening, the tab element having a bone-contacting surface configured to abut against and conform to the exterior contours of the patient's bone when the wedge element is inserted in the wedge opening in a predetermined position and orientation, the substantially planar bone contacting surfaces tapering towards one another from the tab element to a free end of the wedge element, the wedge element protruding from the tab element in a single configuration, and wherein the wedge element and the tab element are integrally formed together as a single piece.