Medacta International Sa

Luka Cakic

Francesco Siccardi

Riccardo Lucchini

Sascha Berberich

Gianluca Parisi

Various implementations include a tool for the subcutaneous cutting of tendons. The tool includes a shaft, arranged along a longitudinal axis, having a proximal end and a distal end, a grip, provided at the proximal end, comprising a fixed handle and a movable trigger, and a cutting head placed at the distal end, which comprises a tendon harvesting tip provided with a groove and a blade. The blade and the harvesting tip are movable relative to each other on a plane which contains the longitudinal axis of the shaft. The blade is inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of said shaft.

Tool for the subcutaneous cutting of tendons

A surgical device comprising a handling member comprising a sleeve with a central slot and a guiding pin, a guiding element that can be slid into the central slot and externally having a guiding groove that is slidably coupled to a guiding pin, locking means configured to lock the sliding of the guiding element inside the central slot, and switchable between an activation configuration, wherein the movement of the guiding element inside said central slot is prevented, and a deactivation configuration, wherein the movement of the guiding element is free. The guiding groove comprises a first and a second rectilinear groove portion, angularly spaced apart and mutually interconnected by means of a transversal connecting groove portion interposed between said first and said second rectilinear groove portions.

Surgical device

A surgical device for arthroscopy includes an insertion arm having a folded contact end, a handle connected to a connection end of the insertion arm, opposite to the folded contact end, and extending transversely to the insertion arm, and a retrieval element connected to the insertion arm and mobile along the insertion arm between a retracted position and an extracted position in which it intercepts a leading end of a suture thread at the folded contact end, and mobile between the extracted position and the retracted position in which it holds the leading end. The retrieval element is a basket made of flexible material defining a containment volume for receiving said leading end of the suture thread. The containment volume is configured to expand in the transition between the retracted position and the extracted position and to shrink in the transition between the extracted position and the retracted position.

Various implementations described herein relate to a minimally invasive auxiliary tool for knee surgery. The tool comprises a handle in proximal position, a shaft defining an axis, and a shaped tip in distal position. In the tool: the handle, the shaft, and the shaped tip define a channel that connects the proximal end with the distal end of the tool; and the perimeter of the shaped tip comprises a plurality of sectors, wherein each sector is defined by a respective circular arc centred on the axis and wherein the circular arcs that define the various sectors have respective radii that are different the one from the others. Various implementations also include a kit comprising a tool and a bone reamer.

Minimally invasive auxiliary tool for knee surgery

Various implementations include a cutting tool for the horizontal incision of tendons. The tool comprises a stem extending along a longitudinal axis, having a distal end, a proximal end and a cutting head, located close to said distal end, having a base plate, having a longitudinal extension axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the stem, and a blade extending on a plane parallel to the base plate. The blade has a plurality of cutting edges inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the cutting head according to different angles, so as to identify at least two vertices defined by two V-shaped profiles.

Cutting tool for the horizontal incision of a tendon

A cutting tool for the vertical incision of tendons comprising a shaft extending along a longitudinal axis, having a distal end and a proximal end, and a cutting head, located close to said distal end, having a plurality of blades. The cutting head lies on a plane parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft and is connected to the latter by a coupling inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis by an angle from 10° to 20°, preferably of 15°.

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