Aesculap Ag

Aesculap-werke Aktiengesellschaft Vormals Jetter & Scheerer

Aesculap-werke Ag

Wilfried Wolfle

Wolfgang Taschner

Gerhard Bofinger

Rainer Hausler

Werner Mormann

Klaus Habig

Hans-Gunter Appel

Thorsten Heymeyer

W A Laabs

Sterilizing container

Striking tool for surgical instruments

In a locking mechanism, in particular, for fixing filter holders on sterilizing containers, with a housing in which a locking member is displaceable between two end positions, namely a first end position in which it engages behind a locking projection, and a second end position in which it releases the locking projection, with a spring means which biases the locking member in the direction towards the first end position, and with an actuating member protruding from the housing for displacement of the locking member, in order to ensure that unlocking does not occur if the actuating member is unintentionally actuated, it is suggested that a second actuating member be provided and that the actuating members be arranged on the housing on opposite sides thereof and be actuatable by displacement in the direction towards the respective other actuating member, the locking mechanism only being unlockable if both actuating members are actuated.

Locking mechanism

A skull trepanation drill having a drive shaft, a main cutter engageable with the drive shaft under axial force and a sleeve-shaped housing slidable axially and rotatably on the drive shaft and provided at its free end with an auxiliary cutter. In use, the sleeve-shaped housing is restrained from axial movement on the drive shaft by a locking body extending into recesses in the housing and drive shaft. The housing is manually releasable from the drive shaft for cleaning by rotation of a cam on the latter. The cam moves a lock bolt axially of the drive shaft to a position permitting the locking body to retract from the recess in the housing.

Skull trepanation drill

A mucotome or mucous membrane cutter for mucogingival membrane surgery is disclosed. The mucotome comprises a handle having a small, compactly designed cutting head arranged on its forward end, the cutting head including a circular cylindrical blade-holding roller which is reciprocable parallel to the blade edge in a guide by means of a drive shaft having an eccentric crank pin engaging in cross grooves of the blade-holding roller. A cutting shoe is mounted to the ends of the blade-holding roller and is rotatable relative to the cutting head through a limited angle. The cutting head is also selectively positionable in at least two angular positions relative to its support. The cutting blade is secured in a longitudinal radial slot in the roller and projects therefrom through a guide slit formed in a crosspiece of the cutting shoe. The construction and arrangement of the cutting head and cutting shoe assure a compact, versatile structure having a number of adjustment possibilities.

Mucous membrane cutter for mucogingival membrane surgery

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Durrheim, Germany

Wilfried Wolfle