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Device and method for handling an implant covering a bone tunnel

US6171310A · kind A · utility

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26Claims

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Assignee

Aesculap AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Nicola Giordano · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE
Karl-Ernst Kienzle · Immendingen, DE
Juergen Eichhorn · Lappersdorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 29, 1999
Grant date	Jan 9, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 29, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2250/0012
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In order to be able to adjust the tension of a ligament replacement implant in a controlled manner, a device is suggested for handling an implant which can be placed against a contact surface of a bone and thereby covers a tunnel in the bone and fixes in position at least one thread extending in the tunnel, this device being characterized by releasable spreading elements on the device, with which the device can be connected to the implant in a locking position of the spreading elements in such a manner that as a result of rotation of the device this implant can be turned in relation to an axis defined by the tunnel and, in addition, be lifted away from the contact surface in the direction of this axis.

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