Device and method for handling an implant covering a bone tunnel

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6171310
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09280333

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In order to be able to adjust the tension of a ligament replacement implant in a controlled manner, a device is suggested for handling an implant which can be placed against a contact surface of a bone and thereby covers a tunnel in the bone and fixes in position at least one thread extending in the tunnel, this device being characterized by releasable spreading elements on the device, with which the device can be connected to the implant in a locking position of the spreading elements in such a manner that as a result of rotation of the device this implant can be turned in relation to an axis defined by the tunnel and, in addition, be lifted away from the contact surface in the direction of this axis.

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  • AESCULAP AG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Eichhorn, Juergen Mitterfels/Scheibelsgrub, DE 6 1038
Giordano, Nicola Villingen-Schwenningen, DE 17 1757
Kienzle, Karl-Ernst Immendingen, DE 13 3442

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