Medical aligning device
AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorsNicholas Robert Turner, Robert Michael Wozencroft
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Abstract
A device (1) for aligning a guide wire with a bone, comprising: an attachment means (2) reversibly attachable to a bone; an alignment means (31) connected to the attachment means, the alignment means being moveable so as to locate a portion of the bone for insertion of the guide wire. A method for aligning a guide wire with a bone.
Claims30
A device for aligning a guide wire with a bone, comprising:
- an attachment means reversibly attachable to a bone;
- an alignment means connected to the attachment means, the alignment means being moveable so as to locate a portion of the bone for insertion of the guide wire.
A method of aligning a guide wire with a bone, comprising the steps of:
- providing a device according to any preceding claim and a power source;
- attaching the attachment means to a bone;
- moving the alignment means so as to locate a portion of the bone for insertion of the guide wire;
- and inserting the guide wire into the bone using the power source.
A device substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A method substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.