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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2003
Vineet Kumar Sarin, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Robert A. Bruce, Ventura, CA (US);
William Ralph Pratt, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Clyde Ronald Pratt, Somis, CA (US);
Roger C. Carignan, Williams, AZ (US);
Vineet Kumar Sarin, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Robert A. Bruce, Ventura, CA (US);
William Ralph Pratt, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Clyde Ronald Pratt, Somis, CA (US);
Roger C. Carignan, Williams, AZ (US);
Kinamed, Inc., Camarillo, CA (US);
Abstract
A surgical tool for mounting a trackable target to a human bone, suitable for fixation to a human femur. The tool includes a removable bone clamp and a releasable coupling member which is integrated with the removable bone clamp. The releasable coupling member is arranged to mate with a compatible coupling member mounted on the trackable target to establish a predetermined spatial relationship between the bone clamp and trackable target. The releasable and compatible coupling members form a releasable connection which is mechanically constrained to re-engage only in a re-engaged position that accurately recaptures the predetermined spatial relationship.