Aiming arm for bone plates
CA 2587167 C · Owner: Hand Innovations Llc · Inventors: Didomenico, Scott; Mayo, Keith A.; Bolhofner, Brett R.
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An aiming guide aligns a surgical tool with a hole in a bone plate. The aiming guide includes an arm portion having a longitudinal axis top and bottom , surfaces, and first and second ends. The aiming guide further includes a handle portion having upper and lower ends. The handle portion is at its , lower end, connected to the bone plate. The handle portion is at its upper , end, connected to the arm portion. Bores extend from the top surface to the lower surface of the arm portion. Each bore is configured and dimensioned to receive a tool guide in at least two different preset positions which locates the channel in at least two different hole positions. The bore includes two …
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- Filed November 3, 2005 and granted April 22, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 3, 2025.
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