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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2017
Mcginley Engineered Solutions, Llc, Casper, WY (US);
Joseph C. McGinley, Casper, WY (US);
Vincent Palazzolo, Casper, WY (US);
McGinley Engineered Solutions, LLC, Casper, WY (US);
Abstract
An offset reference guide for use in determining an offset value for orthopedic fasteners to be used with surgical hardware. The reference guide may include a reference surface against which the surgical hardware may be disposed. In turn, an orthopedic fastener may be inserted through a fastener hole of the surgical hardware and accepted by a fastener relief of the guide. Upon fully seating the orthopedic fastener relative to the surgical hardware, the distal end of the orthopedic fastener may align with one of a set of offset indicia calibrated relative to a known length of the orthopedic fastener. In turn, an offset value for the surgical hardware may be determined that may, for example, be used to augment measurements of bore lengths taken for a bore into which an orthopedic fastener is to be disposed.