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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2006
Applicants:
Matthias Steinwachs, Herrliberg, CH;
Sascha Berberich, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventors:
Matthias Steinwachs, Herrliberg, CH;
Sascha Berberich, Tuttlingen, DE;
Assignee:
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, , DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for punching out tissue areas from bone has a blade whose circumferential cutting edge corresponds to the contour of a tissue area that is to be punched out. The blade is composed of a plurality of blade segments that are each movable in an axial direction counter to the force of a spring.