Paragraph Number

10

One general aspect of the present disclosure can include a surgical device for intraoperative angle measurements during surgery on a patient. The surgical device can include a shaft that may include: a proximal end; a distal end opposite the proximal end; and a bone probe coupled to the shaft at the distal end, the bone probe configured to engage, penetrate into, and remain in stationary contact with cortical bone of the patient while a user orients the shaft to a desired orientation. The device includes a housing coupled to the shaft near the proximal end, the housing may include: an anterior surface, a posterior surface, a superior surface, an inferior surface, and a pair of opposite lateral surfaces; a user interface configured to receive input data from a user by way of a zeroing switch and to display output data to a user on a display device; a power supply configured to provide power to the electronic circuit; and an electronic circuit configured to determine an orientation angle based on a reference axis perpendicular a horizontal plane defined by one of the surfaces of the housing during a calibration mode of the electronic circuit. The device includes a handle coaxial with the shaft and positioned between the bone probe and the proximal end of the shaft; and a head coupled to the shaft near the proximal end, the head configured to receive an axial force along the shaft from a user when the shaft is oriented at the orientation angle.

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