Set of surgical instruments

US6663616B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• CO.DON AG · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Roth · Ofterdingen, DE
• Hans-Jörg Saile · Hirrlingen, DE
• Mare Oliver Schurr · Tübingen, DE
• Gerhard Buess · Tübingen, DE
• Olivera Josimovic-Alasevic · Berlin, DE
• Karl-Gerd Fritsch · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 26, 1999
• Grant date: Dec 16, 2003
• Expiry date: Oct 26, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2002/4635
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a surgical set of instruments used to treat surfaces of cartilage, bone or body tissue, which set comprises a surgical instrument 1 and a guide device 2 to guide said instrument and/or a tissue applicator 3 for inserting tissue on a defect to be covered. In the meaning of the present invention, the surgical instrument, which can be moved in a circular, elliptical or another way with the aid of the guide device 2 according to the invention, is understood to be a shaver, a scalpel, a drill, a curette, a syringe, or a probe. Depending on the surgical problem, however, other instruments for cutting, milling, punching, sewing, or setting bores in cartilage, bone or body tissue, or injecting operating aids such as glues may also be moved in a specific surface profile using the guide device of the invention.