Title:
INSTRUMENT FOR SURGICAL OPERATION AND POSITIONING METHOD FOR IT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2004202242
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide an instrument for surgical operation, especially a guide for surgical treatment for accurately positioning the instrument for surgical operation to a structure for dissection.
This instrument for surgical operation has an anchor member and an instrument body repositioned to the anchor member. At least one reference element is fitted to the instrument body, whereby the instrument body can be easily recorded in an image guidance system using a computer. The anchor member can be fitted to the structure for dissection using the image guidance system. The instrument for surgical operation can be used for dissecting the thighbone in the case of embedding knee joint artificial limb.
Inventors:
GRIMM JAMES E
PATMORE DONALD M
MCGINLEY SHAWN E
PATMORE DONALD M
MCGINLEY SHAWN E
Application Number:
JP2003423394A
Publication Date:
July 22, 2004
Filing Date:
December 19, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ZIMMER TECH INC
International Classes:
A61B17/56; A61B17/15; A61B17/17; A61B19/00; (IPC1-7): A61B17/56
Foreign References:
| FR2776176A1 | 1999-09-24 | |||
| US20020068942A1 | 2002-06-06 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Atsushi Aoki
Jun Tsuruta
Tetsuro Shimada
Shinozaki Masami
Masaya Nishiyama
Jun Tsuruta
Tetsuro Shimada
Shinozaki Masami
Masaya Nishiyama