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Surgical system for connecting body tissue parts

US9642667B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

Dieter Weisshaupt
Christoph Rothweiler · Donaueschingen, DE
Jürgen Wegmann · Stockach, DE
Bernd Blender · Hohentengen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 4, 2011
Grant date	May 9, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 3, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2018/0066
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A surgical system that connects biological tissue includes a) a surgical instrument with two tool elements movable in relation to one another and in each case including an electrode, which electrodes, in a coming-together position of the tool elements preferably define a minimum distance from one another, lie opposite one another and face one another, and b) a medically compatible material assisting connection of the tissue.

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