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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2017
Aesculap Ag, Tuttlingen, DE;
Sven Barthelmes, Emmingen-Liptingen, DE;
Dieter Weisshaupt, Immendingen, DE;
Pedro Morales, Tuttlingen, DE;
Daniel Morales, Tuttlingen, DE;
AESCULAP AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
A surgical instrument includes a female instrument part that defines a hollow volume in a coupling region and a male instrument part that forms a guide section in the coupling region. The guide section is configured to at least partially pass through the hollow volume. A pivoting element, which has an upper section, a center section, and a lower section, couples the female instrument part and the male instrument part to each other in such a way that the female instrument part and male instrument part can pivot relative to each other about an axis of rotation of the pivoting element. A lateral upper contact step is formed between the upper section and the center section of the pivoting element and a lateral lower contact step is formed between the lower section and the center section of the pivoting element.