9
en
►
Under control with the Brainlab navigation system, drill a hole in the
bone until the adjustable stop-position is reached. For further informa-
tion on drilling, see instructions for use of the S
4
Cervical instruments
(TA011984) and Operating Technique (O34202).
►
Remove the drill from the operating field.
►
To prepare the drill holes for the screws, tap the thread with the
smooth-shaft screw tapper (FW087R).
►
Insert the smooth-shaft screw tapper into the inner sleeve and slowly
and steadily tap in until the desired depth is reached. When doing so,
read the thread depth on the tapper scale.
►
Remove smooth-shaft screw tapper from the operating field.
Note
If the S
4
C screw is to be inserted under navigation with the S
4
C screwdriver
FW656R using the guide sleeve
I
, remove the Aesculap star unit on the
S
4
C guide sleeve for smoothshank screws.
DANGER
Risk of injury to patients due to incorrect navigation!
►
The navigated S
4
C screwdriver FW656R or other S
4
C screwdrivers
are only intended for navigation in the non-navigated S
4
C guide
sleeve FW658R.
►
For navigating the S
4
C screwdriver FW656R, see section on posi-
tioning the S
4
C screw under navigation and temporarily fixing it in
place.
DANGER
Risk of injury to the patient through freely rotating screws!
►
Do not screw in screw so far that the screw head comes into con-
tact with the S
4
C guide sleeve.
Note
Use the navigated S
4
C screwdriver FW656R only with non-navigated
S
4
C guide sleeve FW658R.
►
Navigate S
4
C screwdriver, see Position S4C screw under navigation and
►
Insert the screw through the S
4
C guide sleeve but do not screw it in
completely (smooth shaft must remain free). Remove
S
4
C screwdriver
D
from the operating field.
►
Remove instrument from the screw:
– Turn the blue inner sleeve
13
and open the window on the
S
4
C guide sleeve.
– Carefully push away S
4
C guide sleeve
I
laterally from the screw.
– Remove S
4
C guidesleeve
I
from the operating field.
2.3.7
Instruments for Favored Angle screws
WARNING
Risk of injury to patients due to incorrect navigation!
►
Observe the combination specifications
Favored Angle instruments are marked with a gold-colored ring.
DANGER
Serious complications for the patient can be caused by incorrect posi-
tioning of instruments or implants!
►
Carry out operative steps with radiographic visualization.
►
When removing the obturator (FJ983R) and during the further
operating steps, ensure that the S
4
C guide sleeve remains securely
fixed in place.
Drilling holes for Favored Angle screws
►
For mounting the reflective Brainlab marker spheres
4
onto Aesculap
star unit
H
, see Brainlab user manual.
►
Aesculap star unit
H
is mounted onto S
4
C navigated guide sleeve
Ø
3.5/4.0 mm
K
. When doing so, retract and hold the locking sleeve
1
against the spring pressure in the direction of the arrow.
►
Push the Aesculap star unit
H
onto adapter 2 of the S
4
C guide sleeve
K
.
When doing so, ensure that the recess is seated over the pin
3
of the
adapter.
►
Release locking sleeve
1
.
Fig. 12 Mounting the Aesculap star unit onto the S
4
C guide sleeve;
Inserting the S
4
C inner drill sleeve
►
Prior to each use, check and/or validate the instrument with the
Brainlab instrument calibration matrix version 4, see Brainlab user
manual. Ensure that the inner drill sleeve
L
is mounted prior to this
check.
►
To ensure that the camera has an unrestricted view of the reflective
marker spheres, loosen knob 6 on the S
4
C handle of the S
4
C guide
sleeve
K
and rotate Aesculap star unit H to the desired position, see
►
Once the desired position is reached, tighten knob
6
again.
►
Remove inner drill sleeve
L
from the S
4
C guide sleeve
K
.
►
Insert obturator (FJ983R) into the inner sleeve
15
of the S
4
C guide
sleeve
K
.
►
The obturator engages in the inner sleeve and can still be rotated.
►
Bring S
4
C guide sleeve
K
with mounted obturator into the operating
field through the stab incision and position it in place.
►
Press the button
16
on the obturator (FJ983R) and withdraw the obtu-
rator from the inner sleeve
15
.
4
15
L
16
6
1
2
3
K
H
K
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