Combined Intramedullary and Extramedullary Surgical Aiming System And Method

A surgical aiming system comprising:

• a one or more fixation plates, an aiming assembly, a one or more nails and a plurality of screws;
• said one or more fixation plates comprising a first fixation plate;
• said aiming assembly comprising a channeling assembly and a plurality of channels;
• said one or more fixation plates comprising a plurality of plate apertures capable of receiving a portion of said plurality of screws;
• said plurality of channels in said aiming assembly are capable of aligning a portion of said plurality of screws with said plurality of plate apertures in said first fixation plate;
• said first fixation plate having
• a first end,
• a second end,
• a top surface, and
• a bottom surface;
• said plurality of plate apertures comprising a first plate aperture and a second first plate aperture;
• said channeling assembly having
• a thickness,
• a top surface, and
• a bottom surface;
• said bottom surface of said first fixation plate substantially couples with a surface of a first bone of a skeletal system;
• said bottom surface said aiming assembly substantially couples with said top surface of said first fixation plate;
• said plurality of channels receive and align said plurality of screws as said plurality of screws are inserted through said plurality of plate apertures and secured to said first bone;
• said first fixation plate being extramedullary attached to a portion of said surface of said first bone;
• said plurality of channels of said aiming assembly being aligned to identify a one or more intramedullary locations including
• an entry point for said one or more nails, and
• an alignment and entry point for each among said plurality of plate apertures;
• said aiming assembly comprising an assembly of a plurality of components;
• said aiming assembly comprising a channeling assembly and an intramedullary entry locator having a pointing device;
• said one or more nails comprising a first nail;
• said intramedullary entry locator having an upper portion and a lower portion;
• said upper portion comprising a first channel and a second channel of said intramedullary entry locator;
• said lower portion comprising said pointing device;
• said upper portion being capable of releaseably attaching to said channeling assembly of said aiming assembly;
• said upper portion being substantially parallel with said channeling assembly of said aiming assembly when attached thereto;
• and
• said lower portion bending down and away from said upper portion until said pointing device is substantially perpendicular to said upper portion.