Support and mounting for surgical objects

• US 8,821,556 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2010
• Issued: 09/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Medartis AG (Medartis Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Medartis AG (Medartis Holding AG)
• Inventors: Brand, Stefan, Thiel, Dirk
• Primary Examiner(s): WOODALL, NICHOLAS W
• Application Number:
  US13/147,282
• Publication Number:
  US 20110288596A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,650 Days
• Field of Search: 606/104, 606/328, 606/329, 206/339, 206/438
• US Class Current: 606/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/80 Cortical plates , i.e. bone plates; Instruments for holding or positioning cortical plates, or for compressing bones attached to cortical plates
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/865 Packages or dispensers for bone screws or threaded wires
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/20 Holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments drapes with means to hold surgical instruments A61B46/23; for catheters A61M25/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/30 Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments for wound clamps A61B17/10; for ligaturing clips A61B17/122; packages or dispensers for surgical gloves or finger-stalls A61B42/40

Abstract

The invention relates to a support (1) for receiving at least one surgical object, in particular at least one bone screw (2), in a receiving position (A). Said support (1) comprises at least one supporting surface (3) which is designed and arranged in such a manner that a supporting area (5) of the object can be brought into contact with the supporting surface (3) in the receiving position (A). Said object can be removed from the receiving position (A) in the direction of removal (E). The direction of removal (E) extends at an angle of a maximum 45°, preferably a maximum 20°, more particularly essentially parallel to a longitudinal axis (L) of the object housed in the receiving position (A). Said support (1) comprises at least one mounting surface (4) that can be moved in relation to the base body (23) and which is designed and arranged in such a manner that the object can be maintained by means of the mounting surface (4) in the receiving position (A), in particular in a clamped manner. The invention also relates to a mounting (26) for fixing a bone plate support (27) for a bone plate (28) to a base plate (29), a bone plate support (27) and a system comprising a mounting (26) and a unit (33) from a bone plate support (27) and a bone plate (28).

Claims

1. A support for receiving at least one surgical object in a receiving position, said support comprising

a main body, and

at least one supporting surface, which is designed and arranged in such a way that a supporting area of the object can be brought into contact with the supporting surface in the receiving position, wherein the object can be removed from the receiving position in a removal direction, and the removal direction extends at an angle of at most 45°

to a longitudinal axis of the object received in the receiving position,

the support comprising at least one holding surface, which is movable relative to the main body and by which the object can be held in the receiving position wherein

the support has at least two holding surfaces, which are movable relative to the main body and between which the object can be held, and/or the support has at least one holding surface, which is movable relative to the main body and has at least two holding surface portions between which the object can be held.

2. The support as claimed in claim 1, wherein the holding surface of the support is designed and arranged in such a way that the object in the receiving position can be held by means of the holding surface in a holding area that is arranged in the area of a shank of the object.

3. The support as claimed claim 1, wherein the supporting surface of the support is designed and arranged in such a way that, in the receiving position, it can be brought into contact with the underside of a cross-sectional enlargement of the object, which underside forms the supporting area.

4. The support as claimed in claim 3, wherein the object is a surgical fastener, with a head, which head forms the cross-sectional enlargement.

5. The support as claimed in claim 1, wherein the supporting surface and the holding surface are at a distance from each other in the removal direction.

6. The support as claimed in claim 1, wherein the object in the receiving position can be clamped by means of the holding surface in a clamping direction, which is substantially non-parallel to the removal direction.

7. The support as claimed in claim 1, wherein the support has at least two holding surfaces.

8. The support as claimed in claim 7, wherein the holding surfaces are arranged substantially uniformly around the longitudinal axis.

9. The support as claimed in claim 1, wherein the holding surface is pretensioned by spring means.

10. The support as claimed in claim 9, wherein the spring means comprise at least one tongue, of which the end comprises or forms the holding surface.

11. The support as claimed in claim 10, wherein, in the receiving position, at least the end of the tongue extends in a tongue direction, which forms an acute angle with the removal direction.

12. The support as claimed in claim 10, wherein the support contains an insert, which comprises:

a spring ring, which is arranged around the longitudinal axis,

at least one of the tongues extending from the spring ring.

13. The support as claimed in claim 10, wherein at least part of the supporting surface is arranged at the end of the tongue.

14. The support as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least part of the supporting surface is arranged on the main body.

15. The support as claimed in claim 1, wherein the holding surface is designed and arranged in such a way that the object, in the receiving position, is substantially immovable in a direction different than the removal direction.

16. The support as claimed in claim 1, wherein the holding surface is designed and arranged in such a way that the object is movable in the removal direction by application of a first force, and, in a second direction different than the removal direction, is substantially immovable or is movable by application of a second force that is greater than the first force.

17. The support as claimed in claim 1, wherein the holding surface can be brought into a blocking position in which the object cannot be received in the support.

18. The support as claimed in claim 1, comprising connecting means for connecting the support to a storage unit.