Surgical instrumentation

Details Surgical instrumentation Surgical instrumentation

1998-02-20

1999-12-07

Buiz, Michael

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

606 82, 606 88, A61B 1756

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059975431

ABSTRACT:
A surgical instrument for aligning a surgical tool includes a tool guide in which is provided an opening for receiving and guiding a portion of the surgical tool and a bone engaging element which is adapted to engage a particular region of a bone.
The bone engaging element has a bone engaging surface which has a known orientation relative to the opening in the tool guide. Consequently, when the bone engaging element engages the bone, the opening in the tool guide is correctly aligned with the bone. In a preferred embodiment, the instrumentation is adapted for resecting the distal end of a humerus and the bone engaging element engages the posterior cortex of the distal end of the humerus.

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