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Jacques-Philippe Laboureau

Alain Cazenave

Georges N Comte

Surgical ancillary instrument for aiming and drilling of femoral and tibial insertion tunnels of at least one bundle of neo-ligaments for the reconstruction of the anterior opposite ligament of the knee. The instrument includes a handle equipped at one of its ends with a straight rod finishing in a hook perpendicular to the rod serving as a reference for at least one aimer barrel having in relation to the rod predetermined horizontal and vertical directions so as to obtain an alignment of the drilling directions of the tibial and femoral insertion tunnels when the knee is in extension.

Surgical ancillary instrument for the marking and drilling of femoral

This invetions concerns a prosthetic ligament which consists of a core (1) constituted from adjacent longitudinal synthetic fibres, which are coated with a biocompatible visco-elastic substance, such as a biocompatible elastomer resin, in the inter-articulate part of the ligament, in such a way as to leave free and uncoated the parts at the opposite extremities of the core. In order to improve the mechanical qualities of the ligament and make them resemble as closely as possible those of a biological ligament, the fibres of the core are inter-twined before coating with resin and kept intertwined by this coating.

Artificial ligament in synthetic materials impregnated and coated with

Instrument for marking and drilling femoral and tibial insertion tunnels

This invention relates to a surgical clip for cutaneous suture, wherein it successively comprises, starting from the centre of the clip and on each side of the plane of symmetry of the clip, a rectilinear branch, a first bend with concavity facing the skin into which the clip must be engaged, a second intermediate bend with convexity facing the skin and a third bend with concavity facing the skin, this third bend extending by an end leg terminating in the point of the clip and which is inclined by an angle of about 45.degree. with respect to the general direction of extension of the clip. The invention also relates to a tool for applying said clip.

Surgical clip for cutaneous suture and tool for applying it

A boat of the catamaran type, which is mechanically propelled, preferably by means of an outboard motor comprises two floasts, which are advantageously identical, coplanar and parallel, and a seat of the motor which are maintained rigidly together. Two transverse bars are disposed, perpendicularly to the axis of the floats, and central longitudinal member extending longitudinally between the two floats to connect the two transverse bars, at their center. Two lateral bows are fast with the seat and extend on either side thereof, up to the front transverse bar lower and upper fairings completing the boat by constituting a place to sit and for control.

Boat of the catamaran type, propelled mechanically

This invention concerns a surgical instrument for positioning and insertion for plasty (prosthetic replacement) of the posterior cruciate ligament of the knee. This instrument is characterized by the fact that it consists of, on the one hand, a chisel composed of a handle (2) and a blade (1) in the shape of an italic `S`, the internal terminal part of which (4) is concave, so that the aforesaid blade (1) may be introduced across the femoral notch up to the posterior face of the tibia, and on the other hand, a guide support (9) fixed firmly to the chisel (1, 2) by clamp (8), which comprises at its extremity, arranged in relation to and at a distance from the concave part (4) of the blade (1), two double branch guides (10) in the direction of the aforementioned concave part (4).

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Dijon, France

Jacques-Philippe Laboureau