Patent ID: 8992539
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for providing a reference indication to a patient tissue, the apparatus comprising: a primary locating block including a patient-specific primary mating surface contoured for mating contact with a first portion of the patient tissue, the primary mating surface being custom-configured to mate with the patient tissue in a predetermined primary mating orientation responsive to preoperative imaging of the patient tissue, and at least one mounting feature; and at least one secondary item configured for selective engagement with the primary locating block and including a patient-specific secondary mating surface being contoured for mating contact with a second portion of the patient tissue, the secondary item being custom-configured to mate with the patient tissue in a predetermined secondary mating orientation responsive to preoperative imaging of the patient tissue, the secondary mating orientation being non-coincident with the primary mating orientation, and the secondary item providing a reference indication to at least a portion of the patient tissue; wherein the mounting feature of the primary locating block is configured for engagement with the at least one secondary item in a predetermined secondary mounting relationship, the secondary mounting relationship being custom-configured for the patient tissue responsive to preoperative imaging of the patient tissue such that the primary locating block and the at least one secondary item are in the predetermined secondary mounting relationship when respectively and concurrently in said mating contact with the first portion and the second portion of patient tissue.