Title:
METHOD AND INTERNAL APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING FINAL POSITION OF DENTATE SKELETON IN ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/012213
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
A skeletal positioning method (400) and apparatus (10, 100, 200, 300) includes a splint (12, 202) having a main body (18, 208) coupled to a skeletal structure (14, 204) of a patient and a positioning guide (16, 104, 206, 304) having a skeletal footplate (24, 106, 214, 306), a splint footplate (26, 108, 216, 308), and an arm (28, 110, 218, 310) coupling the skeletal footplate and the splint footplate, the skeletal footplate including at least one aperture (30, 114, 220, 314) formed therein and the splint footplate including a means for releasably coupling (32, 1 16, 222, 316) the positioning guide to the splint, wherein a relative position and orientation of the skeletal footplate and the splint footplate is pre-determined to align a portion of the skeletal footplate with a pre-defined portion of the skeletal structure of the patient.
Inventors:
POLLEY JOHN W (US)
FIGUEROA ALVARO A (US)
FIGUEROA ALVARO A (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2011/043520
Publication Date:
March 21, 2013
Filing Date:
July 11, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
POLLEY JOHN W (US)
FIGUEROA ALVARO A (US)
FIGUEROA ALVARO A (US)
International Classes:
A61B17/66
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
CLEMENS, William, J. (28366 Kensington LanePerrysburg, OH, US)
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