Clamping connection for medical equipment and apparatus
US6022348A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 30, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 8, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2310/00862
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention relates to a coupling of two sides of a synergetically cooperating fixation system in medical equipment and apparatus, illustrated by way of example of an external fixator with rod-like guide elements, wherein a point-precise and internally tension-free clamping connection is formed by in each case two planar parallel disposed faces. The complementary, uncoated coupling surface is shape-matchingly impressed "de novo" and "uniquely" during each coupling closure by a static press-on force based on a diamond, plastic grain layer of a chaotic profile solidly attached to one of the faces, such that a clamping connection with the multilatent force-form match closure is furnished.
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