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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2022
Applicant:
Aesculap Ag, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7035 (2013.01); A61B 17/7032 (2013.01); A61B 17/8605 (2013.01); A61B 17/8685 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical fixation system includes at least one anchoring element with an anchoring portion for anchoring to a bone and with a receiving portion for a stabilization element for connecting to a further anchoring element. The stabilization element is arrangeable and fixable in the receiving portion with a fixing element. The fixation system includes an abutment element arranged on the receiving portion. The receiving portion abuts against the anchoring portion for the placement of the stabilization element. The abutment element has at least one deformation region for deforming in dependence on a fixing force of the fixing element acting on the stabilization element.