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US 10,743,824 B2Granted
System and apparatus for surgical hardware placement
OwnerJustin Massengaleinventor
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Abstract
A system assists a physician in placing surgical hardware within a patient. The system includes a device having first and second radiodense strips which is placed over a patient. X-rays are taken of the device and patient and x-ray sheets are created. The system also includes a batch of transparency sheets. The transparency sheets can be aligned with the radiodense strips on the x-ray sheets to provide the physician with locations and positions for the placement of surgical hardware.
Claims7
A device for assisting in navigation during the placement of surgical hardware comprising:
- a first rail running parallel to a longitudinal axis, the first rail including a first track along an upper surface, the first track having spacing blocks and a plurality of openings configured to accept at least one guide block;
- a second rail, offset from the first rail, running parallel to the longitudinal axis;
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- a central crossbar running between the first rail and the second rail, the central crossbar running parallel to a transverse axis.
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