Patent ID: 8758357

Claim:
A patient specific pedicle screw guide that anatomically mates with the spinous processes of a particular vertebral body, comprising: a medial body comprising a longitudinal cavity located on a first lower surface of the medial body, such that the longitudinal cavity provides a first patient-contacting surface that mates with at least one contour of a first spinous process; a first elongated wing extending laterally from a first side of the medial body and terminating with a first cylindrical column, wherein the first cylindrical column comprises a second lower surface comprising a second patient-contacting surface that mates with at least one contour of a second spinous process; and a second elongated wing extending laterally from a second side of the medial body and terminating with a second cylindrical column, wherein the second cylindrical column comprises a third lower surface comprising a third patient-contacting surface that mates with at least one contour of a third spinous process.