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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2003
Christoph Fankhauser, Solothurn, CH;
René Von Burg, Bettlach, CH;
Christoph Fankhauser, Solothurn, CH;
René Von Burg, Bettlach, CH;
Mathys AG Bettlach, Bettlach, CH;
Abstract
A device for implanting marking bodies into a bone is provided in the form of forceps whereby comprising a medial forceps handle, a lateral forceps handle, a medial forceps limb, a lateral forceps limb, and a spring element. The spring element acts upon the medial forceps handle and upon the lateral forceps handle, and the medial forceps limb and the lateral forceps limb can be displaced parallel relative to one another by means of a four-bar linkage for ejecting the marking bodies. A magazine containing the marking bodies can be slid onto a magazine holding fixture situated on the lateral forceps limb.