Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Universal positioning device for orthopedic surgery and method of use thereof
- Patent Title (中): 矫形外科用通用定位装置及其使用方法
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Application No.: US13603974Application Date: 2012-09-05
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Publication No.: US08814875B2Publication Date: 2014-08-26
- Inventor: Pierre Couture , Louis-Philippe Amiot
- Applicant: Pierre Couture , Louis-Philippe Amiot
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/58
- IPC: A61B17/58 ; A61B17/60 ; A61F2/00 ; A61B19/00 ; A61B17/15 ; A61B17/17 ; A61F2/38

Abstract:
A positioning device assembly for positioning a tool guide block for use in an orthopedic surgery includes a positioning device having a block body with a reference surface adapted to abut a bone element, and first and second adjustment mechanisms that are independently operable. The first adjustment mechanism permits rotation of the tool guide block about a medial-lateral extending axis to provide flexion-extension angle adjustment and the second adjustment mechanism permits rotation of the tool guide block about an anterior-posterior extending axis to provide varus-valgus angle adjustment. The second adjustment mechanism includes integral coarse and fine adjustment mechanisms. A tool guide block assembly mounted to the positioning device includes a platform portion which is engaged to the block body of the positioning device and the tool guide block which is releasably engaged with the platform.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130060253A1 UNIVERSAL POSITIONING DEVICE FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF Public/Granted day:2013-03-07
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