Patent ID: 8945136
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An aiming plate configured to orient one or more drill guides toward target features of an intramedullary nail, the aiming plate comprising: an aiming plate body elongate along a longitudinal direction, the aiming plate body defining a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface along a transverse direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and a first through hole configured to receive a respective one of the one or more drill guides, the first through hole extending along a first hole axis from the first surface to the second surface, the implant body defining a second through hole configured to receive another of the respective drill guides, the second through hole positioned adjacent to the first through hole, the second through hole extending along a second hole axis from the first surface to the second surface, wherein the first hole axis intersects the second hole axis, the aiming plate body configured to attach to the intramedullary nail in either a first orientation or a second orientation, the first orientation defined as when the first surface is oriented toward the intramedullary nail and the second orientation defined as when the second surface is oriented toward the intramedullary nail, wherein when the aiming plate is attached to the intramedullary nail in the first orientation, one of the first and second hole axes is directed toward the target feature of the intramedullary nail and the other of the first and second hole axes is directed away from the intramedullary nail along a lateral direction that is perpendicular to both the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction.