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- Patent Title: System, guide tools and design methods related thereto for performing osteochondral transplantation surgery in a joint
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Application No.: US15740535Application Date: 2015-12-18
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Publication No.: US10702291B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Niklas Hero , Nina Bake , Jonas Jägerback , Katarina Flodström , Emma Widehäll
- Applicant: EPISURF IP-MANAGEMENT AB
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: EPISURF IP-MANAGEMENT AB
- Current Assignee: EPISURF IP-MANAGEMENT AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- International Application: PCT/EP2015/080666 WO 20151218
- International Announcement: WO2017/001028 WO 20170105
- Main IPC: A61B17/17
- IPC: A61B17/17 ; A61F2/46 ; A61B17/16 ; A61B17/56

Abstract:
A system for performing osteochondral transplantation surgery includes a harvesting guide tool for harvesting one or more osteochondral plugs and a transfer guide tool for insertion of each osteochondral plug in a damage site on an articular surface of a joint. A cartilage contact surface of each respective guide tool is adapted to follow the shape of a surface of cartilage or subchondral bone such that they conform to each other. Each respective guide tool includes one or more guide channels adapted to receive a respective surgical tool that slides within the guide channel, and is supported by the guide channel during surgery. The guide channels are configured to harvest and insert a plurality of osteochondral plugs of different sizes. The interiors of the guide channels are provided with markings for marking a rotational position of harvested plugs enabling positioning of the osteochondral plugs at a predetermined angle of rotation.
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