Surgical Device
OwnerEnzo Scagliainventor
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Abstract
A surgical device to insert and attach, inside a bone of a limb, an oblong prosthesis provided, in predefined positions, with transverse attachment holes, comprises a support element able to be temporarily coupled with the oblong prosthesis in order to insert the oblong prosthesis into the bone, and a holing template able to be selectively coupled in a predetermined position with the support element, outside the limb. The holing template is coherent with the oblong prosthesis and is able to reproduce at least the predefined position of one or more of the transverse attachment holes.
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A surgical device to insert and attach, inside a bone of a limb, an oblong prosthesis provided, in predefined positions, with transverse attachment holes, comprising a support element able to be temporarily coupled with said oblong prosthesis in order to insert said oblong prosthesis into said bone, the surgical device also comprising a holing template able to be selectively coupled in a predetermined position with said support element, outside said limb, wherein said holing template is coherent with said oblong prosthesis and is able to reproduce at least the predefined position of one or more of said transverse attachment holes.
A method to determine, by means of a surgical device, the correct position of attachment holes of an oblong prosthesis inserted inside a bone of a limb, wherein the oblong prosthesis is able to assume a first condition, in which it the oblong prosthesis is visible, and a second condition in which the oblong prosthesis is inserted inside the bone, the method comprising a first step in which, in the first condition of said oblong prosthesis, a holing template is coupled with said oblong prosthesis in a determinate position, by means of a support element, so as to identify in the holing template at least the coordinated predefined position of one or more of the attachment holes, a second step in which the oblong prosthesis is made to pass from the first condition to the second condition and a third step in which, in the second condition of the oblong prosthesis, the holing template is configured with respect to the oblong prosthesis in the determinate position so as to reproduce the predefined position of one or more of the attachment holes also in the second condition of said oblong prosthesis.
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