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Tool for a medical instrument

US9517081B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Robin Merz · Furtwangen, DE
Jochen Stefan · Tuttlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 18, 2013
Grant date	Dec 13, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 3, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49819
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A tool for a medical instrument includes an effecting device, a transmission rod, of which the distal end is coupled to the effecting device, for transferring at least either a force or a torque to the effecting device, and a cutting device, which, to cut tissue, is movable in a channel in the transmission rod and in the effecting device. To cut tissue, the cutting device is movable in a channel in the transmission rod and in the effecting device.

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