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Cooling of a medical instrument

US10285577B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Christian Czupalla · Singen, DE
Markus Kupferschmid · Emmingen-Liptingen, DE
Andreas Heni · Tuttlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 24, 2014
Grant date	May 14, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 30, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2090/3616
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical instrument includes a hermetically tight sheath, a heat source, a surface area thermally coupled to the heat source, a rotor arranged outside the hermetically tight sheath and serving to generate a flow of fluid at the surface, a magnet at the rotor, and means for generating a variable magnetic field in order to move the rotor. The means for generating a variable magnetic field is arranged inside the hermetically tight sheath.

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