Patent ID: 9526514
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A patient-specific acetabular reaming and impacting assembly comprising: a pin locating jig comprising a body having a periphery and a least three patient-specific cannulated nubs, each nub attached to the periphery by at least one tab and having at least one surface contoured to engage a portion of an outer rim of an acetabulum of the patient at a self-selecting position and through which a surgical pin may be inserted and secured to the outer rim of the acetabulum, where upon removal of the body a pin rail system is formed comprising at least three surgical pins, each secured through a nub forming a base; a removable reamer jig comprising at least three peripheral pin holes, each hole corresponding to a pin of the pin rail system permitting engagement of the reamer jig to the pin rail system, and an axial bore through which an acetabular reaming device may be inserted and attached; at least one set of spacing elements; a removable impactor jig comprising at least three peripheral pin holes, each hole corresponding to a pin of the pin rail system permitting sliding engagement of the impactor jig to the pin rail system, and a cup portion sized to fit into an implant cup, and an axial bore through which an acetabular impacting device may be inserted to guide and impact the implant into position in the acetabulum.