Dresdner Instrument

according to M. H. Amlang – H. Zwipp

Indications 

• Percutaneous suture of the acute Achilles tendon rupture

Characteristics 

• Minimises the risk of a lesion of the sural nerve
• No incision in the rupture area, allowing the preservation of the peritendineum
• Stabile intratendinous anchorage for the suture material
• Optimised adaptation of the tendon stumps as the suture material runs in a parallel, paratendinous direction
• Just one small skin incision that is not located in the shoe contact area

Patent number     DE 100 15 944