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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2019
Laboratoires Bodycad Inc., Québec, CA;
Jean Robichaud, St Aubert, CA;
Hugo Robichaud, Quebec, CA;
LABORATOIRES BODYCAD INC., Québec, CA;
Abstract
A guide for guiding drill bits to form holes in a bone in a predetermined pattern for receiving fasteners to secure an implant to the bone is provided. The guide includes a guide body having a bone interface side opposite an operative side, the bone interface side having a bone contacting surface engageable with a surface of the bone. The guide also includes a plurality of drill guides extending from the operative side of the guide body for guiding corresponding drill bits, wherein the bone contacting surface of the guide body is configured to substantially conform to surface contours of the bone at a predetermined position on the bone. A method of designing the guide is also provided.