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Tool for a medical instrument

US9554858B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Martin Blocher · Tuttlingen, DE
Robin Merz · Furtwangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 18, 2013
Grant date	Jan 31, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 12, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T403/32951
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A tool for a distal end or on a distal end of a shaft of a medical instrument includes a basic body, a mouth part which is pivotable about a pivot axis in relation to the basic body, and a bearing which defines the pivot axis, wherein the bearing includes two axle journals which are spaced apart from one another, each with a radial surface which is rotationally symmetrical with respect to the pivot axis.

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