INSTRUMENT WITH TRANSPARENT PORTION FOR USE WITH PATIENT-SPECIFIC ALIGNMENT GUIDE

摘要

A system for orienting objects relative to an anatomical feature of a patient includes a guide with a reference guide surface. The system also includes a referencing object that is guided by the reference guide surface toward the anatomical feature to be fixed to the anatomical feature in a reference orientation relative to the anatomical feature. Moreover, the system includes an instrument with at least a portion that is transparent. The referencing object is viewable through the transparent portion of the instrument to align the referencing object with the instrument and to orient the instrument in the reference orientation relative to the anatomical feature.