Patent ID: 7753910
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical aid assembly for attachment to a bone of a patient, the patient further having a tissue, the surgical aid assembly comprising: a securing mechanism, wherein said securing mechanism consists of only one bone screw; a body having a first surface longer than a second surface, wherein the first surface is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the body, and the body having a first aperture on the first surface and a second aperture on the second surface both sized to receive said securing mechanism, wherein an axis is disposed along a passageway between the first aperture and the second aperture, further wherein the axis of the passageway obliquely traverses the longitudinal axis of the body, and wherein the securing mechanism is inserted through the first aperture and the second aperture and inserted into the patient's bone for temporarily stabilizing the image tracker to the patient's bone; an attachment point disposed on the body for attaching an image tracker to the body; at least one stabilizing projection to seat the body to the patient's bone or tissue, wherein the at least one stabilizing projection is positioned on the second surface of the body; and an inner flange within the passageway between the first aperture and the second aperture.