Sawing gauge system
US5049149A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 12, 1989 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 12, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB23D51/025
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A sawing gauge system to be used in case of intertrochantery accommodation osteotomies includes a first sawing gauge having an underside curved like a hollow cylinder for a face-to-face engagement with the bone surface of the femur shaft and a sawing opening oriented vertical to the axis of the femur shaft; and a second sawing gauge having an underside being curved like a hollow cylinder for a face-to-face engagement with the bone surface of the femur shaft and a sawing opening inclined towards the sawing opening in the first sawing gauge by an angle of 6.degree. if the axes of the undersides of the first and second sawing gauges coincide.
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