Medical cutting instrument

US10376298B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

• Kay Fischer · Tuttlingen, DE
• Michael Benk · Wurmlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 21, 2016
• Grant date: Aug 13, 2019
• Expiry date: Oct 13, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/0046
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a medical instrument for severing connecting rods, in particular, of implanted spinal column stabilization systems, which comprises a first cutting element and a second cutting element which are pivotal relative to each other about a pivotal axis, a first handle element and a second handle element which are moveable relative to each other, and a force transmission device which is coupled to the first and the second handle element on the one hand and to the first and the second cutting element on the other for the purposes of transferring an actuating force from the first and second handle element to the first and second cutting element.