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Tool having a working end determining device in the shaft region

US11969299B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

Frederick Lenzenhuber · Tuttlingen, DE
André Bürk · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 18, 2019
Grant date	Apr 30, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 4, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2090/0806
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A tool includes a working end determining device arranged in a shaft region or gripping region thereof for determining and/or detecting a working end of the tool. The working end determining device includes a writable and/or readable data storage device that stores data relating to the working end of the tool. The working end determining device provides data externally with reference to the working end of the tool for detecting the working end of the tool. The working end determining device can be a communication device that includes the data storage device and an antenna device. Alternatively, the working end determining device can be a unit integrated into the tool that is connected to an external control device via an electrical contacting. The integrated unit includes a resistor determining the working end of the tool and/or a storage device storing data with respect to the working end.

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