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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2007
Keshav Singhal, Cardiff, GB;
Heikki Vilhelm Pitkanen, Helsinki, FI;
Nick James Theophilius Metcalfe, Munich, DE;
Keshav Singhal, Cardiff, GB;
Heikki Vilhelm Pitkanen, Helsinki, FI;
Nick James Theophilius Metcalfe, Munich, DE;
BIOMET UK LIMITED, , GB;
Abstract
An instrument () for aligning a surgical tool, the instrument () comprising, a body portion () having a tool guide (), first and second arms (), () operatively connected to the body portion () and adapted to engage a bone, and urging means (), acting between the body portion () and the first and second arms (), (), for urging the first and second arms (), () into engagement with a predetermined portion of a bone, thereby clamping the arms (), () onto the bone and aligning the tool guide () with the bone.