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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2019
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Hironori Zaima, Toyonaka, JP;
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
Provided are a surgical instrument and a surgical instrument system which has a simple structure and with which an osteotomy can be done with a simple operation. A surgical instrument includes a spacer part having a predetermined thickness, a guide part extending in a direction perpendicular to the guide part. The spacer part includes a first surface that abuts on one of posterior condyles of a femur at a bent position of a knee joint. The guide part includes a second surface that extends perpendicular to the first surface and abuts on a distal end part of the femur, and a guide slit penetrating the guide part along a direction parallel to the first surface and through which an osteotomy instrument is inserted.