Storage system for medical instruments

US11278373B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

• Gerold Zieris · Mülheim, DE
• Dieter Weisshaupt
• Serkan Bellikli · Tuttlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 29, 2019
• Grant date: Mar 22, 2022
• Expiry date: Aug 22, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2050/0074
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A receiving sleeve of a tool set includes a hollow body having an end face with an insertion opening for inserting a tool. The hollow body defines a longitudinal central axis and includes a plurality of inner clamping elements spaced apart in a circumferential direction. The clamping elements have punctiform or linear engagement sections at their free, radially inward protruding end portions. The engagement sections make force-fit and/or form-fit contact with the tool for holding the tool within the receiving sleeve at a radial distance from the hollow body. An inner side of the hollow body has circumferentially spaced rigid protrusions that extend axially in rib-like fashion. The inner clamping elements radially protrude further toward the longitudinal central axis of the hollow body than the rigid protrusions.