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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Andreas Appenzeller, Biel, CH;
Ladislav Nagy, Kirchberg, CH;
Andreas Schweizer, Zurich, CH;
Daniel Fluri, Bettlach, CH;
Assignee:
The University of Zurich, Zurich, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/58 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1728 (2013.01); A61B 17/1732 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1782 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3916 (2016.02);
Abstract
A drill guide includes a first bone plate that extends along a first middle plane, and a second bone plate that extends along a second middle plane. The drill guide further includes a first articulation and a second articulation that is connected to the first articulation. The first and second articulations are arranged between the first and the second bone plate. Each of the first and second articulations is releasably lockable.