Patent ID: 8945026
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An appliance for tensioning articular or other ligaments of a human or animal body, said appliance comprising: at least one handle; a tensioning element associated with said at least one handle, the handle being in operative engagement with the tensioning element; a force indicator associated with said at least one handle and configured to indicate a force exerted on the tensioning element upon tensioning of one or more ligaments; at least one marker associated with the force indicator and configured to be detected without contact by a measurement value ascertainment system associated with the appliance, and wherein said at least one marker is configured to provide one or more non-electronic signals to the measurement value ascertainment system corresponding to the force indicated by the force indicator; another marker associated with the displacement indicator, said another marker configured to be detected without contact by the measurement value ascertainment system, and wherein said another marker is configured to provide one or more non-electronic signals to the measurement value ascertainment system corresponding to the displacement indicated by the displacement indicator.