摘要 |
The technical field of the invention is the manufacture of surgical equipmen t implantable in the human body. The invention concerns a device for protectin g nerves (2) and/or tendons (3) located in a canal zone (13) of the human body , normally closed by a ligament (1) and which is opened during a surgical procedure. The invention is characterised in that said device comprises at least a plate (10) whereof the dimensions enable its insertion between the edges of the ligament, and in particular whereof the length is compatible wi th the distance separating the edges (11) of said ligament (1) after the cut performed during said surgical procedure, and whereof one face (102) compris es a sliding surface and the other face (101) a adhering surface, said plate (1 0) is preferably convex with two curvilinear sides parallel in the direction transverse to the sides corresponding to the cut edges (11) of the ligament (1).
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