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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2005
Laura Raus, Rome, IT;
Fabrizio Caroli, Rome, IT;
Peter Schulz, Löffingen, DE;
Theodor Lutze, Balgheim, DE;
Dieter Weisshaupt, Immendingen, DE;
Markus Nesper, Tuttlingen, DE;
Konstantin Faulhaber, Frittlingen, DE;
Laura Raus, Rome, IT;
Fabrizio Caroli, Rome, IT;
Peter Schulz, Löffingen, DE;
Theodor Lutze, Balgheim, DE;
Dieter Weisshaupt, Immendingen, DE;
Markus Nesper, Tuttlingen, DE;
Konstantin Faulhaber, Frittlingen, DE;
Other;
Abstract
A surgical instrument for removing bone, cartilage, or similar tissue is described. The surgical instrument has a shaft that extends in a longitudinal direction and supports a cutting plate which is inclined perpendicular or relative to the longitudinal direction, and a cutting element which is movably mounted on the shaft and supports a blade at the distal end in which the blade is pointing in the direction of the cutting plate and being advanced to the cutting plate in order to cut tissue.