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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2020
Asfora Ip, Llc, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Wilson T. Asfora, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Daniel S. Savage, Brecksville, OH (US);
Asfora IP, LLC, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a parallel spacer for parallel spacing of a guide wire/pin during surgery. The parallel spacer incudes a parallel spacer body having a top surface and a bottom surface. The parallel spacer also includes a first aperture extending through the body and defined by one or more internal walls that extends to the opening in the top surface. The aperture is sized to receive a first guide and hold the first guide in a first orientation. A second aperture extends between a second opening in the top surface and a second opening in the bottom surface. The second aperture is defined by one or more walls located within the spacer body. The one or more walls connect the second opening in the top surface to the second opening in the bottom surface. The aperture is sized to receive another guide and hold the other guide in a parallel orientation to the first orientation at a first distance from the first aperture. A third aperture extends between a third opening in the top surface and a third opening in the bottom surface. The third aperture is defined by one or more walls located within the spacer body. The one or more walls connect the third opening in the top surface to the third opening in the bottom surface. The aperture is sized to receive another guide and hold the other guide in a parallel orientation to the first orientation at a second distance from the first aperture. The parallel spacer also includes at least two spacer markings. A first spacer marking is positioned adjacent to the second aperture and a second spacer marking is positioned adjacent to the third aperture. Each of the two spacer markings mark the first distance and the second distance.