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Method for supplementing a component of a medical instrument

US12103206B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Lars Hedemann · Tuttlingen, DE
Andreas Heni · Tuttlingen, DE
Markus Kupferschmid · Emmingen-Liptingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 18, 2022
Grant date	Oct 1, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 18, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2207/00
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for supplementing a shaft tube and an assembly of a medical instrument with a plastic component comprises a step of providing a shaft tube with a distal end; a step of mechanically connecting an assembly to the distal end of the shaft tube by way of a connecting device; a step of inserting the shaft tube with the assembly into a casting mold and closing the casting mold, a predetermined region of the outer surface of the assembly contacting a mold surface of the casting mold; a step of supplying a liquid plastic into the casting mold, the liquid plastic wetting the distal end of the shaft tube and the outer surface of the assembly; and a step of solidifying the liquid plastic, the solidified plastic forming the plastic component and creating a further mechanical connection of the assembly to the end of the shaft tube.

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