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Surgical tissue fusion instrument

US10779844B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

Rainer Bargon · Tuttlingen, DE
Bernd Blender · Hohentengen, DE
Stefan Eick · Tuttlingen, DE
Nikolaus Hafner · Tuttlingen, DE
Patrick Heizmann · Leonberg, DE
Eugen Herner · Balingen, DE
Christian Huber · Zwingenberg, DE
Christof Merckle · Mannheim, DE
Erich Odermatt · Schaffhausen, CH
Christoph Rothweiler · Donaueschingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 18, 2016
Grant date	Sep 22, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 13, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2218/002
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Surgical tissue fusion instrument having two gripping structures which are movable relative to each other, are designed for gripping and bringing together biological tissue sections, and are assigned heat-generating means designed in such a way that tissue fusion takes place between the biological tissue sections by heat being supplied in the area of the gripping structures. At least one gripping structure is assigned a fluid-conducting system, which is designed to supply at least one liquid or flowable additive to the tissue sections during a tissue fusion process.

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