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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2018
Applicant:
Aesculap Ag, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventor:
Tom Schweitzer, Tuttlingen, DE;
Assignee:
AESCULAP AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/2909 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/292 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical instrument includes a shaft section connected to a handle that has a rigid handle part and a movable handle part. The surgical instrument also has a release mechanism that can be actuated such that the shaft section and the handle are decoupled from each other. The release mechanism has a preferably rocker-like actuating element that can be swiveled such that the shaft section and the handle are released from each other.