Patent ID: 8690885

Claim:
A surgical aiming device comprising: a handle coupled to a proximate end of an elongated arm, the elongated arm further having a distal end; a hinge securing an aimer to the distal end for rotational communication around a hinge axis, the aimer extending parallel to the hinge axis, the hinge axis and an insertion axis intersecting for defining a placement point representative of an optimal insertion point along the insertion axis for surgical entry; the aimer having an elongated aimer tip extending linearly from the hinge along the hinge axis, and an aimer point, the aimer point at a distal end of the aimer tip from the hinge, the aimer tip coupled to the arm via the hinge at a proximate end, and the aimer point of the arm disposed at the placement point, the elongated arm having an arced section and a straight section, the hinge securing the aimer to the straight section distal from the arced section, the aimer point defined by a center of a circle defining the arc in the arced section; and the hinge adapted to secure the aimer at a degree of rotation about the axis defined by the hinge rotation, the axis passing through the aimer point, the optimal insertion point being on the insertion axis where the insertion axis intersects extractable material, the hinge axis intersecting the insertion axis for rotational positioning.