Patent ID: 8469962
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A system for properly positioning and aligning a prosthetic socket in a patient, said system comprising: a trial having a central drill guide channel; a drill operable to drill a peg positioning bore in bone proximate to said bone cavity, wherein said drill guide channel is adapted to define an angle of said peg positioning bore being drilled in said bone; a drill guide having a cannulated tube and a cannulated sleeve, wherein said drill guide is further adapted for insertion and tight fit into said peg positioning bore and said drill guide channel; a guide piece adapted for insertion into said drill guide, wherein the angle in which said guide piece is placed into said bone is defined by the position of said drill guide in said peg positioning bore; a prosthetic socket with a peg, wherein a cannulated portion of said per is adapted to fit over said guide piece and said guide piece is adapted to guide said prosthetic socket, when said peg is slid over said guide piece, into a desired position in said bone cavity; and a tilt sensing device, said tilt sensing device attached to an alignment device, said alignment device selected from a list consisting of: said trial, said drill or said drill guide and configured to establish a particular angular tilt between said alignment device and a predetermined plane.