Aesculap Ag

Jana Schuele

Christoph Rothweiler

Stefan Gassner

A medical instrument includes a handle with a fixed part and a movable part. A shaft extends between a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is releasably connected to the handle. The distal end has an instrument jaw that is openable and/or closable by actuation of the movable part. A push-pull element is guided axially in a cavity of the shaft and operatively connected proximally to the movable part and distally to the instrument jaw. The proximal end has an opening leading into the cavity that is configured for introducing a fluid flow in the direction of the distal end. A functional element is arranged in the cavity and has a plurality of vanes arranged offset in the circumferential direction of the shaft. The vanes are configured to generate, in the fluid flow, a swirling motion oriented in the circumferential direction of the shaft.

Medical instrument

A touch/orientation apparatus having, for orienting a saw template: an adjusting element, a moving element having a profiled indentation, a feeler that is movable relative to the adjusting element, a scale for measuring the height of the adjusting element relative to the moving element, at least one first stop formed on the adjusting element, and at least one second stop formed on the scale or acting as a scale and being provided and adapted to function as a resistance to the first stop. The second stop and/or the first stop resiliently deflects the respective other stop.

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Munich, Georgia

Jana Schuele