Positioning and guiding device for the blade of a sirurgical saw blade

Abstract

Abstract The invention permits the positioning of a surgical saw blade relative to the bone to be sawn, without bringing this saw blade into contact with any kind of guide. The invention consists in equipping the saw block (8) with a retractable slide (20) and in equipping the positioning guide (16) with a slot (12) which is oriented in a defined manner, in such a way that, when the slide (20) is introduced into the slot (12), the saw blade is positioned so as to effect the sawing of the bone (2). The guide (16) can be oriented in translation and in rotation. The slide (20) is elastically retractable in order to allow the operating surgeon, when he bears on the block (8), to cause the saw blade (10) to penetrate into the bone (2). Application in particular to resection of the tibial plateau. <IMAGE>

Inventors

• 👤 Michel Doucet
• 👤 Joel Rideau

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