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Medical resector

US8834463B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Jacques Hamou · Paris, FR
Markus Simmen · Schwerzenbach, CH
Otmar Stillhard · Steckborn, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 17, 2010
Grant date	Sep 16, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 7, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2018/1861
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical resector for oblating, cutting, or coagulating human or animal tissue includes a rotatable high-frequency electrode on the distal end of a shaft of the medical resector and an axle that runs from the proximal end to the distal end of the shaft and is mechanically coupled with the high-frequency electrode on the distal end. The axle is positioned on the distal end of the shaft in the center or as close as possible to the center of the cross-section of the shaft and on the proximal end of the shaft on the border or as close as possible to the border of the cross-section of the shaft.

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