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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Sascha Berberich, Tuttlingen, DE;
Andreas Weiler, Berlin, DE;
Inventors:
Sascha Berberich, Tuttlingen, DE;
Andreas Weiler, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, , DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for a correctly targeted formation of a drill bore centrally in a femoral attachment site of a posterior cruciate ligament of a knee joint comprises a hollow shaft for guiding a drill wire therethrough and a sighting element arranged at a distal end of the hollow shaft. Said sighting element has an edge for placing said sighting element via said edge to an outer margin of a femoral attachment site of a posterior cruciate ligament.