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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2016
Applicant:
Aesculap Ag, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventors:
Jan Steinhauser, Sigmaringen, DE;
Ralf Pfister, Trossingen, DE;
Assignee:
Aesculap AG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01); B25B 13/46 (2006.01); B25B 23/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/162 (2013.01); A61B 17/1624 (2013.01); A61B 17/84 (2013.01); B25B 13/466 (2013.01); B25B 23/141 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00407 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical device, and a ratchet for a medical device, include a torque-guiding element and a torque discharging element, between which a switchable toothed unit is arranged so that, in accordance with a switching position of the toothed unit, torque from the torque-guiding element is transferred to the torque discharging element, said toothed unit includes two torque transfer sleeves arranged in a nested manner and which are arranged and produced such that both can be brought into torque-transmitting contact with an intermediate sleeve.