Aesculap Ag

Elke Pleil

Jan Dahmen

Sven Barthelmes

Andreas Deutschendorf

Bernhard Kupferschmid

Janina Ackermann

Till Mattes

A joining method for a medical device, in particular a surgical instrument or implant, with a shaft and an attachment to be secured on the shaft, the method having the following steps: heating the attachment or cooling the shaft, such that an internal diameter of an opening of the heated attachment is greater than an external diameter of the shaft, then placing the shaft into the opening of the attachment, and then cooling the attachment, so as to shrink the attachment onto the shaft in a manner substantially free of gaps, or heating the shaft, such that the shaft and the opening are connected by an interference fit. A corresponding medical device is produced by the joining method.

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Elke Pleil