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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2013
Lutz Biedermann, VS-Villingen, DE;
Wilfried Matthis, Weisweil, DE;
Tobias Hägle, Donaueschingen, DE;
Kaj Klaue, Savosa, CH;
Lutz Biedermann, VS-Villingen, DE;
Wilfried Matthis, Weisweil, DE;
Tobias Hägle, Donaueschingen, DE;
Kaj Klaue, Savosa, CH;
Biedermann Technologies GmbH & Co. KG, Donaueschingen, DE;
Abstract
A targeting device for guiding a drill arrangement for forming an arc-shaped bore in an assembly of adjacent bones or bone fragments, comprises a support frame, a pivoting device mounted to the support frame and arranged to receive the drill arrangement and to allow a pivoting movement of the drill arrangement along an arc-shaped path having a predetermined radius of curvature raround a pivot axis. The support frame is provided with at least three fixation devices each configured to fix a bone or bone fragment of the bone assembly to define a fixed position in space of the bone assembly with respect to the pivoting device when the bone assembly is installed on the support frame.