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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2005
Walter Moser, Kaufdorf, CH;
Peter Ritschl, Vienna, AT;
Holger Broers, Uplengen-Spols, DE;
Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Rotkreuz, CH;
Abstract
An appliance () for tensioning ligaments, especially articular ligaments, of a human or animal body, having at least one handle (), the or each handle () being in operative engagement with, in each case, a tensioning element () associated therewith, and with the or each handle () in each case a force indicator (), which indicates a force exerted on a or each tensioning element () associated with the or each handle () on tensioning of one or more ligaments, and a displacement indicator (), which indicates the excursion of the tensioning element () in question from a reference position, and with the or each force indicator () and/or with the or each displacement indicator () there is/are associated at least one marker (A-H), which is arranged to be detected without contact by a measurement value ascertainment system () associated with the appliance (), and also a device (), comprising the appliance (), for ascertaining force-displacement characteristic curves of ligaments, and also a method of ascertaining them.