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Surgical bone punch

US8197483B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

Konstantin Faulhaber · Frittlingen, DE
Peter Schulz · Tettnang, DE
Markus Nesper · Tuttlingen, DE
Dieter Weisshaupt

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 27, 2008
Grant date	Jun 12, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 29, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/00544
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a surgical bone punch having a stationary shaft joined to a handgrip, a slide shaft mounted for longitudinal displacement on this stationary shaft, and a motorized drive in the handgrip for displacement of the slide shaft from a proximal inoperative position to a distal operative position with a preset forward displacement force, in order to control the effective forward displacement force of the slide shaft, it is proposed that the slide shaft carry a stop, which, during displacement of the slide shaft to the operative position, strikes an elastic spring element, which is supported on the stationary shaft, and, during displacement of the slide shaft, counteracts the forward displacement force of the drive.

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