SURGICAL INSTRUMENT

A surgical instrument and surgical instrument system for use in a knee replacement operation. The surgical instrument includes a fastening device configured for direct or indirect releasable fastening to a cutting block for the distal resection of a femur, a sensing device with a posteriorly oriente...

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Hauptverfasser:	Firmbach, Franz-Peter, Anhorn, Svenja
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS DIAGNOSIS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES SURGERY TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	A surgical instrument and surgical instrument system for use in a knee replacement operation. The surgical instrument includes a fastening device configured for direct or indirect releasable fastening to a cutting block for the distal resection of a femur, a sensing device with a posteriorly oriented reference plane configured to bear against an anterior surface of the femur, and a bearing device for positioning the reference plane. The bearing device includes at least one pivoting bearing with an anteroposteriorly oriented pivot axis, about which the reference plane can be moved pivotably relative to the fastening device.