Patent · US Expired

Medical instrument with a tilting distal end

US5772655A · kind A · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

RICHARD WOLF GMBH · DE

Inventors

Otmar Bauer · Kludenbach, DE
Manfred Boebel · Bauschlott, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 13, 1996
Grant date	Jun 30, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 13, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/2927
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a medical instrument with a distal end piece which is connected to a holder running through a shank and on operation of a handle, can be adjusted from a rest position into an operating position by tilting relative to the longitudinal axis of the instrument. The end piece and the holder lie facing one another in a plane running inclined to the longitudinal axis of the instrument as well as perpendicular to it, and are connected with a fastening element which forms an axis perpendicular to said plane, about which the end piece is pivotable relative to the holder.

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