US 12,114,872 B2
Alignment guide, systems, and methods
Meghan R. Kubacki, Cookeville, TN (US); and Jerry W. West, Arlington, TN (US)
Assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/650,888.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/167,926, filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0313283 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/17 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 2017/568 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An alignment guide, comprising:
a base defining at least one first hole sized and configured to receive a first fixation element and defining at least one section hole sized and configured to receive a second fixation element and including at least one first arm and at least one second arm, the at least one first arm and at least one second arm being spaced apart from one another; and
a swing arm for coupling to the base such that the swing arm is movable relative to the base, the swing arm extending from a first end to a second end, the second end of the swing arm including a coupling mechanism for coupling another guide to the second end of the swing arm and a housing defining a chamber for receiving a locking block therein, the locking block sized and configured to move within the chamber for coupling another guide to the second end of the swing arm such that the housing of the swing arm may be received between the at least one first arm and the at least one second arm; and
a locking device for selectively fixing a position of the swing arm relative to the base.