Patent ID: 7377924
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical cutting block apparatus for performing a resection procedure with a cutting instrument and for navigated orientation with a navigation tracker system, the cutting block comprising: a guide extension having (a) a tracker mount for use with a tracker device that provides information for a navigation system for guiding orientation of the cutting block and (b) a cutting guide for guiding a cutting instrument for a resection procedure; a main body coupled with the guide extension, the main body being mountable with a receiving surface to be resected; and a swivel coupled with the main body by a pivot, the swivel configured to receive a fixing member through the swivel, the fixing member having a first axis centrally along a length of the fixing member through the swivel, the fixing member for limiting movement of the main body with respect to the receiving surface, the pivot configured to limit relative rotation of the swivel with respect to the main body about a single axis, the single axis being generally perpendicular to the first axis.