Patent ID: 7488328

Claim:
Apparatus for use with a bone fixation device, the apparatus comprising a targeting device, adapted to aid in fixation of the bone fixation device to a bone of a subject, the targeting device comprising: a coupling element, adapted to couple the targeting device to the bone fixation device; and a coupling assembly, adapted to hold the coupling element, and to prevent the coupling element from exiting the coupling assembly in lateral, rearward and forward directions even when the coupling element is not coupled to the bone fixation device, the coupling element being prevented from exiting the coupling assembly in the lateral direction by a support element of the coupling assembly and in the forward direction by a support region of the support element, the coupling assembly being shaped so as to define a blocking element that prevents the coupling element from exiting the coupling assembly in the rearward direction, the blocking element being generally cylindrical in shape, and defining a bore through which access is provided to a proximal end of the coupling element.