Surgical instrument for positioning and insertion of posterior c

Details Surgical instrument for positioning and insertion of posterior c Surgical instrument for positioning and insertion of posterior c

1987-05-06

1988-11-29

Pellegrino, Stephen C.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

128 92V, 128303R, A61F 504

Patent

active

047873779

ABSTRACT:
This invention concerns a surgical instrument for positioning and insertion for plasty (prosthetic replacement) of the posterior cruciate ligament of the knee.
This instrument is characterized by the fact that it consists of, on the one hand, a chisel composed of a handle (2) and a blade (1) in the shape of an italic `S`, the internal terminal part of which (4) is concave, so that the aforesaid blade (1) may be introduced across the femoral notch up to the posterior face of the tibia, and on the other hand, a guide support (9) fixed firmly to the chisel (1, 2) by clamp (8), which comprises at its extremity, arranged in relation to and at a distance from the concave part (4) of the blade (1), two double branch guides (10) in the direction of the aforementioned concave part (4).

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