Materialise N.v.

Katerina Nikonenko

Louis James Keppler

Joyce Van Den Broeck

Nele Daemen

Nele Daeman

Maryna Stepanenko

Louis Keppler

The present application relates to surgical guiding tools that may be used for guiding a surgical instrument during bone surgery. A surgical guiding tool may include a body including one or more clamps configured to attach the surgical guiding tool to one or more portions of the bone, wherein a first clamp of the one or more clamps includes a snap-fit portion including a flexible structure for increasing a clamping force of the first clamp and allowing ease of removal of the surgical guiding tool from the bone. The surgical guiding tool may further include at least one aperture for guiding a surgical instrument. The present application further provides methods for manufacturing surgical guiding tools and uses of the tools for placement onto a bone.

Surgical guiding tools and systems and methods of manufacturing surgical guiding tools

The application provides methods for providing a surgical guide for placement on an anatomical part wherein the guide is provided with one or more dedicated push features that can be used as pressure points for applying force onto the surgical guide. The application further provides guides comprising one or more push features which can be used as a pressure point for applying force onto said guide.

Guides with pressure points

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Leuven, Belgium

Katerina Nikonenko