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Heatable tweezers, and charging device for the tweezers

US10046327B2 · kind B2 · utility

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23Claims

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Assignee

PFM MEDICAL GMBH · DE

Inventors

Erwin Schneider · Fulda, DE
Steffen Kraus · Sandhausen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 22, 2015
Grant date	Aug 14, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 22, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01L2300/1827
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Tweezers, in particular for handling histological preparations, preferably thin tissue specimens, with two limbs connected elastically at one end, and with tips formed at the other, free end of the limbs and together forming an engagement area, wherein a central area serves for holding and actuating the limbs in order to bring the tips into contact with each other, are characterized in that the tips and/or the connection area of the limbs are designed as a housing with a storage medium for storing energy, and in that the storage medium directly or indirectly heats the engagement area or the tips to a predefined temperature.

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