Set of disposable instruments for a surgical operation on a patient, and method for the production of said set
AssigneeOne Ortho
InventorsChristophe Alepee, Thierry Guiton
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Abstract
The invention relates to a set (1) of standard or tailor-made disposable instruments for a surgical operation on a patient, said set comprising at least two components (5) connected to each other by at least one connecting tab (6), which is connected separably to said components (5).
Claims8
A set of disposable instruments for a surgical procedure on a patient, wherein the set comprises at least two components connected by at least one connecting tab connected separably to said components, wherein each component comprises at least one orifice, and wherein a base of each at least one orifice is connected separably to a pointed end of a connecting tab, forming a weakened area.
A method for producing a set of disposable instruments for a surgical procedure on a patient, the method comprising:
- making, at the same time and by additive production layer by layer, components forming the set of instruments and connecting tabs, connected separably to the components, and
- connecting said components together said set,
- wherein each component comprises at least one orifice, and wherein the connecting step comprises connecting a base of each at least one orifice separably to a pointed end of a connecting tab, forming a weakened area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.