Surgical apparatus for use in joint replacement surgery
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1. Surgical apparatus for use in the surgical replacement of joints between bones, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) first planar bone engaging means mounted on a main body part and including a first bone engaging surface adapted to engage one of the bones at said joint;
(b) second planar bone engaging means mounted on the main body part and including a second bone engaging surface facing away from the first bone engaging surface and adapted to engage the other of the bones at said joint;
(c) displacement means for displacing the first bone engaging means away from the second bone engaging means thereby to tension soft tissue between said bones;
(d) wherein at least one of the first and second bone engaging means is adapted to be oriented by the bone engaged thereby upon tensioning of said soft tissue between the bones; and
(e) locking means to lock the second bone engaging means such that the second bone engaging surface is parallel to the first bone engaging surface.
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Abstract
A joint replacement surgical apparatus including a main body part, first and second tissue engaging plates mounted on the main body part, the first tissue engaging plate being displaceable towards and away from the second tissue engaging plate. At least one of the first and second tissue engaging plates is adapted to be oriented by the tissue engaged thereby. The first and second tissue engaging plates define respectively first and second substantially planer tissue engaging surfaces, each of the tissue engaging surfaces being arranged such that the surfaces face away from each other.
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1. Surgical apparatus for use in the surgical replacement of joints between bones, said apparatus comprising:
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(a) first planar bone engaging means mounted on a main body part and including a first bone engaging surface adapted to engage one of the bones at said joint; (b) second planar bone engaging means mounted on the main body part and including a second bone engaging surface facing away from the first bone engaging surface and adapted to engage the other of the bones at said joint; (c) displacement means for displacing the first bone engaging means away from the second bone engaging means thereby to tension soft tissue between said bones; (d) wherein at least one of the first and second bone engaging means is adapted to be oriented by the bone engaged thereby upon tensioning of said soft tissue between the bones; and (e) locking means to lock the second bone engaging means such that the second bone engaging surface is parallel to the first bone engaging surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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3. Surgical apparatus for use in the surgical replacement of joints between bones, said apparatus comprising:
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(a) first bone engaging means mounted on a main body part and including a first planar bone engaging surface adapted to engage one of the bones at said joint; (b) second bone engaging means mounted on the main body part and including a second planar bone engaging surface facing away from the first bone engaging surface and adapted to engage the other of the bones at said joint; (c) displacement means for displacing the first bone engaging means away from the second bone engaging means thereby to tension soft tissue between said bones; (d) wherein only the second bone engaging means is adapted to be oriented by the bone engaged thereby upon tensioning of said soft tissue between the bones and said second bone engaging means is adapted to be rotatably oriented by said bone engaged thereby; and (e) measuring means to measure the degree of deflection of said second bone engaging surface from of the first bone engaging surface when said soft tissue is tensioned.
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