Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

Leibniz Universität Hannover

Otojig Gmbh

Hörsys IP Gmbh & Co. Kg

Thomas Stephan Rau

Thomas Lenarz

Omid Majdani

Tobias Ortmaier

Hubertus Eilers

Martin Leinung

Samuel John

Jan-Philipp Kobler

Stephan Baron

Marcel Kluge

Andreas Hussong

Lüder Alexander Kahrs

A positioning aid for surgical procedures has a carrier system and a template. The carrier system consists of a carrier plate, which is provided with a recess, and supports. The carrier plate can be secured to a cranial bone via the supports over an operating field for the surgical procedure. The template has a template plate which can be connected to the carrier plate in a play-free manner and which comprises a guiding aperture. The guiding aperture is arranged and oriented in the template plate, which consists of a blank, in an individualized manner according to coordinates ascertained in advance. The central longitudinal axis of the guiding aperture matches a trajectory for accessing the operating field for the surgical procedure when the carrier system and the template are assembled and the carrier system is secured to the cranial bone.

Positioning aid for surgical procedures

The present invention provides an apparatus for insertion of a flexible implant into a body section of an implant recipient, the apparatus comprising an elongate guiding section having a longitudinal axis and an inner volume for removably receiving the implant, an elongate first receiving member connected at its first end to a first actuator arranged for moving the first receiving member within the guiding section in parallel to the axis of the guiding section, a first control device for controlling the actuation of the first actuator, wherein first receiving member at its second end opposite its first end carries a gripping unit for releasably gripping a proximal end of the implant, a second actuator for controlling the configuration of the implant, and a second control device for controlling the actuation of the second actuator.

Apparatus and system for insertion of an implant

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Langenhagen, Germany

Thomas Stephan Rau