Universal positioning block assembly

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A - Human Necessities

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A61B 17/17 (2006.01) A61B 17/15 (2006.01) A61B 19/00 (2006.01) A61F 2/46 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2537711

A universal positioning block for use in bone surgery, permitting up to six degrees-of-freedom movement relative to a bone element to which it is fixed. The positioning block comprises a main block element that is releasably engageable to the bone element such that the main block element is rotatable in a flexion-extension rotation plane and translatable along a medio-lateral axis relative to the bone element. A slider element is engaged with the main block element such that it is translatable along an antero-posterior axis and rotatable in a varus-valgus rotation plane relative thereto and a holder element is engaged with the slider element such that it is translatable relative thereto along a proximal-distal axis and may also further be rotatable in a medio-lateral rotation plane, the holder element being habilitated for engaging a surgical tool guide element.

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