Cutting Guide for Generating an Outer Contour for a Joint Endoprosthesis
AssigneeWaldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG
InventorKlaus Dmuschewsky
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Abstract
A cutting guide with a sagittal guide plate is made available for generating an outer contour on a bone in order to apply a joint endoprosthesis, in particular a femoral component of a knee endoprosthesis. The cutting guide according to the invention can be oriented relative to the bone and has at least two sagittal guide slits for guiding a bone-cutting tool, wherein the sagittal guide slits extend through the sagittal guide plate and are arranged at an angle to each other.
Claims19
A cutting guide for generating an outer contour on a bone, wherein a joint endoprosthesis, in particular a femoral component of a knee endoprosthesis, can be attached to the outer contour;
- the cutting guide has a sagittal guide plate which can be aligned with respect to the bone, and at least two sagittal guide slits for guiding a bone-cutting tool, the sagittal guide slits passing through the sagittal guide plate and being arranged at an angle to one another.
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