Patent ID: 9308037
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A device for positioning at least one guidewire in a calcaneus bone and talus bone comprising: a frame configured and dimensioned to at least partially surround the calcaneus bone and the talus bone, the frame including: a guidewire target configured and dimensioned to be inserted between the talus bone and a tibia bone proximate a talar dome of the talus bone; a first guidewire sleeve radially disposed about a first guidewire axis, the first guidewire axis being aligned with the guidewire target; and a second guidewire template attached to the frame and having an alignment guide extending therefrom and a second guidewire sleeve radially disposed about a second guidewire axis, the second guidewire axis positioned at an oblique angle relative to the first guidewire axis when the alignment guide is substantially aligned with a pre-selected anatomical feature.