Rupturing tool and rupturing system for surgical interventions
AssigneeAbanza Tecnomed, S.L.
InventorsJosé Manuel Abascal Rubio, Juan Abascal Azanza, Ander Menaut Beltrán, Alejandro Maya Pabolaza
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a rupturing tool for surgical interventions and to a rupturing system comprising the rupturing tool and a rupturing movement generator device. The rupturing tool and system are intended for the field of traumatology, particularly to the creation of bone tunnels suitable for the proper anatomical reconstruction of tendons and ligaments; for example, for the creation of bone tunnels in interventions for reinserting the supraspinatus muscle tendon of the rotator cuff of the shoulder joint or in interventions for reconstructing the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of the knee joint.
Claims19
A rupturing tool for minimally invasive surgical interventions for the creation of bone tunnels suitable for the proper anatomical reconstruction of tendons and ligaments, the rupturing tool comprising:
- a longitudinal body comprising;
- a main body oriented according to a first longitudinal axis;
- and
- a distal tip attached to the main body comprising an opening oriented according to at least one second longitudinal axis, the distal tip forming a ramp with respect to the main body;
- wherein the first longitudinal axis and the at least one second longitudinal axis form with respect to one another an angle a greater than zero degrees, and wherein the first longitudinal axis and the at least one second longitudinal axis are comprised in a first sagittal plane;
- a rupturing assembly comprising:
- a rupturing element comprising a first axis of rupture and configured for receiving and performing a rupturing movement about the first axis of rupture and for receiving and performing a linear movement, moving along the longitudinal body from a first position to at least one second position, and vice versa, wherein:
- when the rupturing element is located in the first position, the rupturing element is oriented according to the first longitudinal axis inside the main body;
- and
- when the rupturing element is located in the second position, the rupturing element is oriented according to the at least one second longitudinal axis protruding at least partially through the opening of the distal tip;
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- a movement transfer element, comprising a proximal part, a flexible or articulated distal part, and a second axis of rupture, the movement transfer element being securely attached to the rupturing element by the flexible or articulated distal part and being configured for:
- receiving and performing a rupturing movement about the second axis of rupture and for transferring the rupturing movement to the rupturing element;
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- receiving and performing a linear movement, moving along the longitudinal body;
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- for transferring the linear movement to the rupturing element;
- at least one rigidity provision means configured for providing rigidity to the rupturing assembly when the rupturing element is located in the second position protruding at least partially through the opening of the distal tip;
- wherein the rigidity provision means comprises a tubulated element which in turn comprises a proximal portion and a distal portion;
- wherein the tubulated element:
- is sized and configured for moving along the longitudinal body;
- is sized and configured for housing at least partially therein the flexible or articulated distal part of the movement transfer element,
- is configured for orienting the distal portion according to the first longitudinal axis when the rupturing element is located in the first position;
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- is configured for orienting the distal portion according to the at least one second longitudinal axis when the rupturing element is located in the at least one second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.