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Surgical guiding instrument

US8328814B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

Susanne Klingseis · Biberach, DE
Kay Fischer · Tuttlingen, DE
Uwe Mattes · Tuttlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 19, 2008
Grant date	Dec 11, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 13, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/1602
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A surgical guiding instrument for a surgical machining tool has a substantially elongated instrument body having a proximal end and a distal end and defining a longitudinal axis. The instrument body carries a guiding device for the machining tool that can be used in minimally invasive surgery. The guiding device is arranged and constructed so as to enable the machining tool to be positively guided by it along a path of movement defined by the guiding device. The path of movement corresponds to a superimposed translational-pivotal movement.

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