Flexion/extension surgical guides and methods of using the same
AssigneeWright Medical Technology, Inc.
InventorsMeghan R. Kubacki, Kian-Ming Wong
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Abstract
A surgical guide includes a body having four sides. The body comprises a first base at the first side, a second base at the second side and an elongated extension between the first and second base. The first base defines at least one first hole and the second base defines at least a second hole. The body is sized and configured to be installed above a joint line of a calcaneus and a talus bone and approximately mid-way along a longitudinal axis of a tibia. The first base is configured to receive at least one dowel of a second surgical guide in the at least one first hole and the second base is configured to receive at least one pin sleeve and pin in the second hole. Systems and methods are also disclosed.
Claims21
A surgical guide, comprising:
- a body having a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, the third and fourth sides extending between the first and second sides, wherein the body comprises a first base at said first side, a second base at said second side and an elongated extension between the first and second base;
- wherein the first base defines at least one first hole configured to receive at least one pin and the second base having a superior side and an inferior side;
- and
- an engagement portion, disposed within a channel configured to allow movement of the engagement portion between the superior side and inferior side of the second base wherein the engagement portion defines at least a second hole configured to receive at least one pin sleeve and the at least one pin, an adjustment mechanism configured to lock the at least one pin in place, wherein the pin sleeve comprises at least one slot configured to engage a portion of the adjustment mechanism configured to lock a pin in place;
- wherein the body is sized and configured to be installed above a joint line of a calcaneus and a talus bone and approximately mid-way along a longitudinal axis of a tibia;
- and
- wherein the first base is configured to receive at least one dowel of a second surgical guide in the at least one first hole and the second base is configured to receive at least one pin sleeve and pin in the second hole.
A system, comprising:
- a first guide including:
- a body having a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, the third and fourth sides extending between the first and second sides, wherein the body comprises a first base at said first side, a second base at said second side wherein the second base includes a superior side and an inferior side and an elongated extension between the first and second base, wherein the first base defines at least one first hole and the second base defines at least a second hole;
- an engagement portion, disposed within a channel configured to allow movement of the engagement portion between the superior side and inferior side;
- and
- an adjustment mechanism to lock the engagement portion in place;
- wherein the body is sized and configured to be installed above a joint line of a calcaneus and a talus bone and approximately mid-way along the longitudinal axis of a tibia;
- and
- wherein the first base is configured to receive at least one protrusion of a second surgical guide in the at least one first hole and the second base is configured to receive at least one pin sleeve and pin in the second hole, wherein the engagement portion defines at least the second hole configured to receive the at least one pin sleeve and pin, wherein the pin sleeve comprises a slot configured to engage a portion of the adjustment mechanism configured to lock a pin in place.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.