Orientation device for use in orthopedics or traumatology field for locating e.g. femur locking compression plate during femur fractures in patient, has orientation element comprising connection elements arranged at defined point at object
Bei dieser Orientierungsvorrichtung ist ein Orientierungselement derart ausgeprägt, dass dieses an mindestens einer definierten Stelle ausrichtbar an einem chirurgischen Objekt angeordnet werden kann.The device has an orientation element (2) i.e. navigation marker, comprising connection elements (3a, 3b) that are arranged at a defined point at a surgical object e.g. Kirschner wire, for connecting the orientation element with the surgical object. X-ray marker balls are arranged on the orientation element, where data with respect to orientation and arrangement of the orientation element is retrieved from a two-dimensional or three-dimensional X-ray image. Semicircular gripping elements made of elastic material are arranged at an end of one of the connection elements.
