Patent ID: 9017334
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: A61B,B29C,B33Y,G05B,G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A surgical instrument comprising: a resection guide defining an elongate slot and a first pair of through holes; and a resection guide locator having a body including as bone engagement portion having a surface that is complementary to said surface topography of said hone to be resected; the body defining a socket sized to receive the resection guide so as to maintain said resection guide in position while said surface of said bone engagement portion is arranged in contacting relation with the bone, the body of the resection guide locator defining an elongate slot and a second pair of through holes within the socket that extend through the bone engagement portion, wherein the elongate slot and second pair of through holes defined by the resection guide locator are positioned within the socket such that the elongate slot and second pair of through holes defined by the resection guide locator align with the elongate slot and the first pair of through holes defined by the resection guide when the resection guide is received within the socket, and wherein the elongate slot defined by the resection guide locator does not intersect either of the second pair of through holes defined by resection guide locator.