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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2014
41medical Ag, Bettlach, CH;
Tom Overes, Langendorf, CH;
Robert Frigg, Bettlach, CH;
41medical AG, Bettlach, CH;
Abstract
The present application relates to a torque limiter () comprising a handle () with a mono-block cylindrical handle-body. The cylindrical handle-body includes a central through bore () having an axis (B) at a right angle to a longitudinal axis (A) of the cylindrical handle-body as well as a first pocket () and a second pocket (). The first pocket () is arranged on a first side and the second pocket () is arranged on a second side of said cylindrical handle-body opposite of said first side. The first pocket () and the second pocket () are arranged along said longitudinal axis (A) and intersect each other in the area of said central through bore (), each of said first pocket () and said second pocket () comprising at least one magnet (). Further, the torque limiter () comprises a mono-block shaft () having a central shaft () removably arranged in said central through bore (), said central shaft () having a drive () arranged at a first end. The central shaft () comprises at least one protrusion () arranged at a second end and being at a right angle to a central axis () of said central shaft (), said at least one protrusion () being sized and shaped to be arranged within said first pocket () or said second pocket () and to magnetically interact with the at least one magnet () arranged in said first pocket () or said second pocket ().