Guiding tool
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1. A surgical guiding tool comprising:
- a tool body that defines a reference plane of the tool;
an alignment member that carries a guide surface; and
an adjustment mechanism acting between the tool body and the alignment member configured to direct rotational adjustment of the alignment member with respect to the tool body,wherein the adjustment mechanism includes an adjustment pin that is received through an arcuate slot on the alignment member to engage a recess on the tool body, and includes a guide plate extending from an end of the tool body and is triangularly shaped to be received within a guide slot formed in an arcuate guiding protrusion of the alignment member, wherein the guide plate includes a cooperating curved surface to engage the arcuate guiding protrusion.
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Abstract
A guiding tool (2) is disclosed comprising a tool body (4) that defines a reference plane of the tool (2); an alignment member (10) that carries a guide surface (74); and an adjustment means acting between the tool body (4) and the alignment member (10) to direct rotational adjustment of the alignment member (10) with respect to the tool body (4).
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1. A surgical guiding tool comprising:
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a tool body that defines a reference plane of the tool; an alignment member that carries a guide surface; and an adjustment mechanism acting between the tool body and the alignment member configured to direct rotational adjustment of the alignment member with respect to the tool body, wherein the adjustment mechanism includes an adjustment pin that is received through an arcuate slot on the alignment member to engage a recess on the tool body, and includes a guide plate extending from an end of the tool body and is triangularly shaped to be received within a guide slot formed in an arcuate guiding protrusion of the alignment member, wherein the guide plate includes a cooperating curved surface to engage the arcuate guiding protrusion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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