Kirschner wire with a holding device for surgical procedures

US6719758B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Aesculap AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Jens Beger · Tuttlingen, DE
• Rudolf Zepf · Spaichingen, DE
• Rudolf Beisse · Rosenheim, DE
• Michael Potulski · Rosenheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 3, 2002
• Grant date: Apr 13, 2004
• Expiry date: Jan 14, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S606/916
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A Kirschner wire 10 for use in endoscopic surgery is provided, as well as methods and apparatus for installing and removing Kirschner wire 10. Kirschner wire 10 has a holding device 20 for ease of insertion and removal. Kirschner wire 10 is sufficiently short so as not to protrude from the working channel of the endoscope. Insertion instrument 30 has a receptacle 40 which for engagement with holding device 20 of Kirschner wire 10. A targeting ring 46 on insertion instrument 30 enables placement of Kirschner wire 10 under x-ray supervision. Removal device 60 has a wire body 62 with a receptacle 64 located at a distal end thereof for engagement with holding device 20 of Kirschner wire 10. Kirschner wire 10 may be adapted for use in marking a point of entry for a cannulated bone screw or as a point of orientation for an endoscopic procedure.