Surgical instrument for introducing intervertebral implants
AssigneeAesculap AG
InventorsFranz Konstantin Fuss, Ronald J. Sabitzer, Stephan Eckhof
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Abstract
In order, in the case of a surgical instrument for introducing intervertebral implants into the intervertebral space between adjacent vertebral bodies, to facilitate the introduction of the intervertebral implant even when access is difficult, it is proposed that the surgical instrument comprises two mutually opposing guide bodies, which each have a guide directed towards the other guide body and together form between them a guideway, along which an intervertebral implant is insertable laterally into the intervertebral space.
Claims24
Surgical instrument for introducing intervertebral implants into the intervertebral space between adjacent vertebral bodies, comprising:
- two mutually opposing guide bodies, which each have a guide directed towards the other guide body and together form between them a guideway, along which an intervertebral implant is insertable laterally into the intervertebral space,
- wherein:
- the guide bodies are adjustable in terms of their mutual distance;
- and
- the guideway in the plane of displacement extends in the shape of an arc.
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