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Pneumatically actuatable surgical instrument

US9566077B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

Thomas Scholten · Tuttlingen, DE
Dieter Weisshaupt
Markus Nesper · Tuttlingen, DE
Peter Schulz · Tettnang, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 8, 2015
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 18, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/00548
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a pneumatically actuatable surgical instrument comprising a handle and a pressurized gas operated tool arranged at the handle, a replaceable pressurized gas reservoir and a locking device for fixing the pressurized gas reservoir on the handle in an operative position in which the pressurized gas reservoir is connected to a pressurized gas channel by which the tool is supplied with pressurized gas, it is proposed, in order to improve the handling of the pressurized gas reservoir, that the instrument further comprises an unlocking device for releasing the fixing of the pressurized gas reservoir in the operative position.

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