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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1999
Klaus Roth, Ofterdingen, DE;
Hans-Jörg Saile, Hirrlingen, DE;
Mare Oliver Schurr, Tübingen, DE;
Gerhard Buess, Tübingen, DE;
Olivera Josimovic-Alasevic, Berlin, DE;
Karl-Gerd Fritsch, Berlin, DE;
co.don Aktiengesellschaft, Tetlow, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a surgical set of instruments used to treat surfaces of cartilage, bone or body tissue, which set comprises a surgical instrument and a guide device to guide said instrument and/or a tissue applicator for inserting tissue on a defect to be covered. In the meaning of the present invention, the surgical instrument, which can be moved in a circular, elliptical or another way with the aid of the guide device according to the invention, is understood to be a shaver, a scalpel, a drill, a curette, a syringe, or a probe. Depending on the surgical problem, however, other instruments for cutting, milling, punching, sewing, or setting bores in cartilage, bone or body tissue, or injecting operating aids such as glues may also be moved in a specific surface profile using the guide device of the invention.