Surgical apparatus
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1. A knee tensioning appratus comprising:
- a base, a first and second tissue engaging elements mounted on said base and being displaceable towards and away from each other, the first of said tissue engaging elements being adapted to be oriented by the tissue engaged thereby;
a guide element adjustable in relation to said base and a second of said tissue engaging elements for positioning a first location element to locate a cutting guide provided with a cooperating second location element on a bone to be resectioned;
said guide element being carried by said second tissue engaging element and arranged to move in relation to the base in accordance with movement of the second tissue engaging element;
said guide element is carried by a releasable rachet locking element movably located on the base and can be moved in only one direction by the second tissue engaging element;
said first tissue engaging element being located in a fixed relationship to the base and said second tissue engaging element comprising a movable head carrying a tissue engaging element provided with a tissue engaging surface and said guide element being moved by movement of said movable head;
said guide element engaging the movable head and is carried on a support movably mounted on the base; and
said second tissue engaging element being rotatable and having a lock for locking said second tissue engaging element in two or more angular positions.
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A surgical tensioning apparatus has a base, first and second bone tissue engaging elements mounted on the base and being displaceable toward and away from each other. One of the tissue engaging elements being adapted to be oriented by the tissue engaged thereby. A guide element is provided which is adjustable in relation to the base and one of the tissue engaging elements for positioning first location element to locate a cutting guide provided with cooperating second location element onto the bone to be resectioned.
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1. A knee tensioning appratus comprising:
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a base, a first and second tissue engaging elements mounted on said base and being displaceable towards and away from each other, the first of said tissue engaging elements being adapted to be oriented by the tissue engaged thereby; a guide element adjustable in relation to said base and a second of said tissue engaging elements for positioning a first location element to locate a cutting guide provided with a cooperating second location element on a bone to be resectioned; said guide element being carried by said second tissue engaging element and arranged to move in relation to the base in accordance with movement of the second tissue engaging element; said guide element is carried by a releasable rachet locking element movably located on the base and can be moved in only one direction by the second tissue engaging element; said first tissue engaging element being located in a fixed relationship to the base and said second tissue engaging element comprising a movable head carrying a tissue engaging element provided with a tissue engaging surface and said guide element being moved by movement of said movable head; said guide element engaging the movable head and is carried on a support movably mounted on the base; and said second tissue engaging element being rotatable and having a lock for locking said second tissue engaging element in two or more angular positions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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