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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernhard Kupferschmid, Emmingen-Liptingen, DE;
Dieter Weisshaupt, Immendingen, DE;
Karl-Dieter Lerch, Witten, DE;
Assignee:
Aesculap AG & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/716 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/716 ;
Abstract
In order to improve the quality of the drilling process in a surgical drilling apparatus for perforating the cranium including a drill plate which can be placed upon the cranium and a drill which is guided in the drill plate, it is proposed that the drill be accommodated in a mounting which is rotatably mounted on the drill plate, said drill being displaceable along the rotational axis and being accommodated so as to be non-rotatable relative to said mounting, and in that the drill be displaceable towards the mounting against the effect of a spring.