Medical instrument
US10238410B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 2, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 14, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/00433
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A medical instrument, in particular a surgical instrument, with an intervention portion (20) for a medical intervention, and with a grip (14) designed for holding the instrument, preferably for actuating the intervention portion, with a grip surface portion (1) which is made of a stainless metal and which has an arrangement with shapings (0) and, formed between the shapings, enclosure portions (4, 5, 6, 7), characterized in that the shapings (0) each have a hexagonal edge (2) with six edge portions of equal length (3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6), wherein mutually adjoining edge portions (3-1, 3-2; 3-2, 3-3; . . . ) of each shaping (0) upstream and/or downstream of a winding of the arrangement on a plane surface span the same angle (φ) of 120 degrees, and wherein the edge (2) is formed by the enclosure portions (4, 5, 6, 7) formed between adjacent shapings (0), as a result of which a honeycomb structure (9) is obtained.
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