Patent ID: 8246692

Claim:
A method for treating a cartilage defect by implanting a cartilage replacement implant through an arthroscopic access, comprising: determining at least one parameter for describing the arthroscopic access, providing a surgical instrumentation comprising at least two different applicator instruments for grasping the cartilage replacement implant, choosing one of the at least two applicator instruments of the instrumentation in dependence upon the at least one parameter determined for describing the arthroscopic access, and grasping and inserting the cartilage replacement implant into a patient's body with the chosen instrument through the arthroscopic access, wherein: each of the at least two different applicator instruments has an elongate shaft defining a longitudinal axis and a jaw part for grasping the cartilage replacement implant, each of the at least two applicator instruments has a different bending angle defined between the longitudinal axis and the jaw part, and the applicator instrument which has a bending angle that is closest to a determined angle of inclination is chosen from the instrumentation.