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Universal connector socket

US8613627B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9References

12Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH · DE

Inventors

Peter Selig · Hechingen, DE
Roland Hundt · Neckartailfingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 7, 2012
Grant date	Dec 24, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 1, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R2201/12
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A universal connector socket for a surgical apparatus for the connection of different plug connectors of different surgical instruments for RF surgery. The universal connector socket has several plug contact openings for selectively connecting monopolar and bipolar surgical instruments and has several plug contact openings arranged in an overlapping manner for defining an unambiguous plug-in position of a plug connector and a shared reference plug contact opening.

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