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Surgical guide body

US8753379B1 · kind B1 · utility

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20References

15Claims

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Assignee

DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

Reto Frei · Davos, CH
Markus Hehli · Frauenkirch, CH
Georg Duda · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 7, 2000
Grant date	Jun 17, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 5, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/00004
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A guide body is designed to receive longitudinal fixation elements such as wires nails, pegs or screws which are to be anchored within bone. The guide body includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a number of openings connecting the top surface with the bottom surface. The central axes of at least two of the openings are transverse to each other. The guide body permits the insertion of fixation elements at various angles with respect to each other. The guide body may prevent fixation elements which extend into the intramedullary region or the spongiosa from being displaced either in the proximal or in the distal direction.

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