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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 8974460 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 22, 2009

Device for controlled adjustment of a surgical positioning unit

Applicants:

Matias DE LA Fuente Klein, Aachen, DE;

Peter Belei, Aachen, DE;

Klaus Radermacher, Stolberg, DE;

Anthony Boyer, Echirolles, FR;

Stéphane Lavallee, St Martin d'Uriage, FR;

Inventors:

Matias De la Fuente Klein, Aachen, DE;

Peter Belei, Aachen, DE;

Klaus Radermacher, Stolberg, DE;

Anthony Boyer, Echirolles, FR;

Stéphane Lavallee, St Martin d'Uriage, FR;

Assignee:

Blue Ortho, Tronche, FR;

Attorney:

Miles & Stockbridge PC

Primary Examiner:

Matthew Lawson

Assistant Examiner:

Zade Coley

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8875 (2013.01); A61B 17/155 (2013.01); A61B 17/157 (2013.01); A61B 17/175 (2013.01); A61B 17/7076 (2013.01); A61B 17/8615 (2013.01); A61B 19/5244 (2013.01); A61B 17/1757 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00482 (2013.01); A61B 2019/448 (2013.01); A61B 2019/4857 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention concerns a device for adjusting the position of a screw () that is able to move a part of a surgical instrument, said device () comprising: —a stem () comprising a tip () suited to the head () of the screw (), —an actuated system () for driving said stem () in rotation, —communication means to communicate with a control unit (), such that the control unit () transmits to the actuated system () the number of turns to apply to the stem () to reach the target position of the screw (). The invention also concerns a surgical system for alignment of surgical guide means (), comprising: —a positioning unit comprising a fixed part () and a mobile part () supporting the surgical guide means (), the position of said mobile part () being adjustable with respect to the fixed part () by screws (), —a referencing unit for detecting the position of the positioning unit with respect to a target position of the surgical guide means, —a control unit () for computing the target position of screws (), —said device () for adjusting the positions of the screws ().

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