Patent ID: 7488329

Claim:
An alignment guide and implant combination, comprising: an implant having a curved geometry allowing said implant to be positioned along a path from a femoral greater trochanter through a femoral neck and into a femoral head; a plurality of pattern arms, each said pattern arm having a geometry tracking the curved geometry of the implant, each said pattern arm including a radiopaque alignment marker, each said alignment marker having a perceivable aligned position indicative of a proper alignment of said pattern arm relative to the anatomical structure and a perceivable non-aligned position indicative of an improper alignment of said pattern arm relative to the anatomical structure; an alignment arm, said plurality of pattern arms connected to said alignment arm at a first end of said alignment arm, said alignment arm including a first alignment identifier; and a reference element insertion guide, said reference element insertion guide connected to said alignment arm at a second end of said alignment arm, said second end of said alignment arm opposite said first end of said alignment arm, said reference element insertion guide including a second alignment identifier alignable with said first alignment identifier.