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Device for forming a drill hole in bone

US7972341B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17References

12Claims

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Assignee

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Sascha Berberich · Tuttlingen, DE
Andreas Weiler · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 21, 2006
Grant date	Jul 5, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 9, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B17/8897
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for a correctly targeted formation of a drill bore centrally in a femoral attachment site of a posterior cruciate ligament of a knee joint comprises a hollow shaft for guiding a drill wire therethrough and a sighting element arranged at a distal end of the hollow shaft. Said sighting element has an edge for placing said sighting element via said edge to an outer margin of a femoral attachment site of a posterior cruciate ligament.

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