Patent ID: 9592064
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A targeting device for guiding a drill arrangement for forming an arc-shaped bore in a bone assembly comprising adjacent bones or bone fragments, the targeting device comprising: a support frame comprising at least three fixators when assembled; a pivoter configured to be mounted to the support frame and to receive the drill arrangement and to allow a pivoting movement of the drill arrangement along an arc-shaped path having a predetermined radius of curvature around a pivot axis when the drill arrangement is received in the pivoter; wherein each of the at least three fixators is configured to fix to a bone or bone fragment of the bone assembly to define a fixed position of the bone assembly in space with respect to the pivoter when a foot comprising the bone assembly is positioned on the support frame; and wherein at least two of the at least three fixators are for fixing to the bone assembly in opposing directions when assembled on the support frame.