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Surgical instrument having a spacing pivoting element

US10925626B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

Sven Barthelmes · Emmingen-Liptingen, DE
Dieter Weisshaupt
Pedro Morales · Tuttlingen, DE
Daniel Morales · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 8, 2017
Grant date	Feb 23, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 15, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2090/0813
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A surgical instrument includes a female instrument part that defines a hollow volume in a coupling region and a male instrument part that forms a guide section in the coupling region. The guide section is configured to at least partially pass through the hollow volume. A pivoting element, which has an upper section, a center section, and a lower section, couples the female instrument part and the male instrument part to each other in such a way that the female instrument part and male instrument part can pivot relative to each other about an axis of rotation of the pivoting element. A lateral upper contact step is formed between the upper section and the center section of the pivoting element and a lateral lower contact step is formed between the lower section and the center section of the pivoting element.

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