Patent ID: 8353916

Claim:
A quick-release guide assembly for elements for an external fixation system, comprising: a device body having a planar portion with a plurality of holes therethrough, the device body planar portion having a pair of opposite shorter side surfaces and a pair of opposite longer side surfaces, connecting the opposite shorter side surfaces, the pair of opposite shorter side surfaces being shorter than the pair of opposite longer side surfaces, at least one shorter side surface and at least one longer side surface each having a connecting element extending outwardly from the device body at an acute angle to the body planar portion, and a handle portion with a handle bar and a connecting element, which handle portion connecting element can be releasably attached to each connecting element on the shorter and longer side surface, the handle portion connecting element comprising a spring actuated locking pin, wherein an actuator knob is provided to release the locking pin wherein the device body has a bottom surface and a top surface each connecting the two shorter and two longer side surfaces wherein each connecting element on the shorter and longer side surfaces is inclined to point away from the bottom surface of the device body planar portion toward the top surface thereof.