Positioner for surgical instruments

Details Positioner for surgical instruments Positioner for surgical instruments

1984-03-07

1988-04-19

Rosenbaum, C. Fred

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

128 92VD, A61F 504

Patent

active

047382546

ABSTRACT:
A positioner for positioning a surgical instrument which acts as a guide for a cutting instrument which produces a surgical cut in an anatomical structure; in one embodiment the positioner positions a surgical instrument which acts as a guide for the cutting instrument at a predetermined position with respect to a previously resected surface whereby a further resection is made at a predetermined position with respect to the previously resected surface; and in a further embodiment the positioner acts as an adaptor for a surgical instrument which aids in producing surgical sections thereby allowing the surgical instrument to produce surgical cuts at various predetermined positions relative to a previous surgical cut made at one of several levels.

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patent: 4502483 (1985-03-01), Lacey
patent: 4524766 (1985-06-01), Petersen
Hungerford et al., "Precise Bone Cuts Everytime", Howmedica, Rutherford, N.J., 1980.

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