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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2016
Aesculap Ag, Tuttlingen, DE;
Franz-Peter Firmbach, Emmingen-Liptingen, DE;
William Mihalko, Germantown, TN (US);
Martin Nonnenmann, Wurmlingen, DE;
Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
In a first aspect of the invention relates to a medical guide device for working on a bone. This guide device includes a holding arrangement, which is holdable firmly against a bone, for holding the guide device firmly against the bone and a saw template with a guide slot for a saw blade. In an adjustment position, the holding arrangement and the saw template engage with one another and are arranged to be movable in relation to one another. The holding arrangement and the saw template are movable from the adjustment position into a sawing position in which they are held firmly and immovably in relation to one another. Said guide device includes a coupling arrangement for coupling the holding arrangement and the saw template in the adjustment position and in the sawing position.