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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2005
Markus Nesper, Tuttlingen, DE;
Thomas Pleil, Bad Dürrheim, DE;
Klaus-dieter Steinhilper, Tuttlingen, DE;
Dieter Weisshaupt, Immendingen, DE;
Markus Nesper, Tuttlingen, DE;
Thomas Pleil, Bad Dürrheim, DE;
Klaus-Dieter Steinhilper, Tuttlingen, DE;
Dieter Weisshaupt, Immendingen, DE;
Aesculap AG & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
A bone plate fixing device comprises a first bone contacting element with a rod-shaped connecting member and a second bone contacting element displaceable on the connecting member. A surgical instrument for applying the bone plate fixing device comprises a first tool element positionable on the second bone contacting element, and a second tool element removable from the first tool element, with a transportation device for stepwise transportation of the connecting member with the second tool element. The second tool element has toothing comprising a plurality of teeth forming several receptacles for engaging toothing of the connecting member. The toothing of the connecting member may be on a projection protruding from the connecting member. The toothing of the second tool element may have a pitch which corresponds to an integral multiple of a pitch of the toothing of the connecting member.