Handling device for a micro-invasive surgical instrument

US9095365B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Daniel Kaercher · Tuttlingen, DE
• Jochen Stefan · Tuttlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 11, 2012
• Grant date: Aug 4, 2015
• Expiry date: Jun 5, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/293
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A handling device for a micro-invasive surgical instrument includes a gripping device to manually hold and guide the handling device, a shaft coupling to detachably mechanically couple the handling device with a proximal end of a shaft, a rod coupling that can slide inside the handling device for detachable mechanical coupling with a proximal end of a transmission rod that can be slid inside a shaft coupled with the shaft coupling, and an orientation device to rotate a proximal end of a transmission rod, which has been inserted into the handling device, into a predetermined orientation or into one of several predetermined orientations.