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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2023
Applicant:
Aesculap Ag, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventors:
Franz-Peter Firmbach, Emmingen-Liptingen, DE;
Lilli Stoffels, Calw, DE;
Assignee:
Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/157 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00128 (2013.01); A61B 2090/067 (2016.02);
Abstract
A surgical instrument for use in a knee joint replacement operation having a first fastening device, a second fastening device, a guiding device connected at one end to the first fastening device and at the other end to the second fastening device and by which the second fastening device is pivotably movable in a manner guided relative to the first fastening device in a sagittal guiding plane, and an alignment rod configured for alignment with respect to an anterior edge of a tibia. The alignment rod is releasably connected to the second fastening device in a rigid manner.