Patent ID: 8882777
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: A61B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A guidance system for guiding a surgical procedure performed on an anatomical structure, the guidance system comprising: a surgical guide instrument including a cut block comprising a plurality of interconnected exterior surfaces and adapted to be positioned proximate the anatomical structure, at least two of the exterior surfaces interconnecting along a longitudinal straight edge, said guide instrument having at least one cut guide slot defined by an aperture extending longitudinally in a first direction parallel to the longitudinal straight edge along at least one of the exterior surfaces of the cut block, the at least one cut guide slot further spanning through the cut block between opposed exterior surfaces along a guide direction being transverse to the first direction so as to define a cut plane; and a light-emitting device securable to said guide instrument in a secured position such that an output of said light-emitting device is projected through said at least one longitudinal cut guide slot of the cut block and along said guide direction, the output of said light-emitting device circumscribed by the at least one cut guide slot to form a linear projection on the anatomical structure to indicate an illuminated cut plane.