Patent ID: 9730711
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. An aiming device for targeted drilling of a hole into bone, the aiming device is configured to be coupled to a bone plate, the device comprising: a first surface; an opposing second surface; and a slot hole extending therethrough from the first surface to the second surface, the slot hole sized and shaped to receive a sleeve therethrough at each of a plurality of locations along a longitudinal extension of the slot hole to vary an angle of the sleeve relative to the aiming device, wherein, when a sleeve is received in the slot hole, the angle of the sleeve relative to the aiming device increasing as the sleeve is moved in a first direction along the longitudinal extension and decreasing as the sleeve is moved in a second direction opposite the first direction along the longitudinal extension, wherein the slot hole includes a fixed alignment structure along an inner surface thereof fixing a sleeve received in the slot hole at each of the plurality of locations, the sleeve being fixed in each location at an angle corresponding to the location, the alignment structure including at least one alignment feature in an inner wall of the slot hole at each of the locations, each of the alignment features extending along an axis corresponding to the predetermined angle of that location, wherein axes of the alignment features intersect at a common point located near a surface of the bone and separated from the aiming device on a side of one of the first and second surfaces.