Patent ID: 9421021
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A patient-specific surgical guiding tool for positioning an alignment element, the patient-specific guiding tool comprising: a central contact element configured to fit onto an area of a socket of a ball-and-socket joint; one or more lateral contact elements configured to fit onto at least one of the following: a rim of the socket, a bone surrounding the socket, and a ligament around the socket, wherein at least one of the one or more lateral contact elements is configured to fit onto a coracoid process of the ball-and-socket joint; and a positioning element comprising a feature configured to receive the alignment element, wherein at least one of the one or more lateral contact elements comprises a contact surface corresponding to at least part of an outer contour of the socket and the central contact element comprises a contact surface corresponding to at least part of an inner surface of the socket.