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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2016
Aesculap Ag, Tuttlingen, DE;
Rainer Bargon, Tuttlingen, DE;
Bernd Blender, Mühlheim a.d. Donau, DE;
Stefan Eick, Tuttlingen, DE;
Nikolaus Hafner, Tuttlingen, DE;
Patrick Heizmann, Hüfingen, DE;
Eugen Herner, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Christian Huber, Mühlheim, DE;
Christof Merckle, Mannheim, DE;
Erich Odermatt, Schaffhausen, CH;
Christoph Rothweiler, Donaueschingen, DE;
AESCULAP AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
Surgical tissue fusion instrument having two gripping structures which are movable relative to each other, are designed for gripping and bringing together biological tissue sections, and are assigned heat-generating means designed in such a way that tissue fusion takes place between the biological tissue sections by heat being supplied in the area of the gripping structures. At least one gripping structure is assigned a fluid-conducting system, which is designed to supply at least one liquid or flowable additive to the tissue sections during a tissue fusion process.