Patent ID: 8206396
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A femoral head surgical resurfacing aid, comprising: a C-shaped band constructed of flexible material and defining an elliptical shape with an interior surface slightly smaller than a femoral neck of a patient and conformed to follow the surface of the femoral neck, the C-shaped band further defining an opening configured to enable the C-shaped band to be slipped over the femoral neck and be frictionally fixed in place on the femoral neck upon rotation of the C-shaped band and engagement of the elliptical shape with the cross section of the femoral neck, wherein the width of the C-shaped band substantially spans the femoral head-femoral neck junction and the greater trochanter-femoral neck junction; an arch integrally constructed as part of the C-shaped band of the same flexible material and defining a shape following the contour of the femoral head, wherein the arch is formed on opposite sides of the exterior of the C-shaped band and slightly back from the edges of the opening, the arch further extending perpendicular over the C-shaped band; and an alignment tube guide projecting perpendicularly outward from the top of the arch and extending axially away from the femoral head, wherein an outer diameter of the alignment tube guide matches a width of the arch and further comprises a “snap off” feature at the top of the arch.