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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2022
Aesculap Ag, Tuttlingen, DE;
Sven Barthelmes, Emmingen-Liptingen, DE;
Pedro Morales, Tuttlingen, DE;
Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
An assembly method, a screwdriving tool and a screw kit for screwing a screw into an internal thread of a medical instrument to connect two branches of the instrument to each other so that the branches are pivotable relative to each other. The method includes: impressing a punch geometry into a screw head of the screw by applying an axial compressive force to the screw by the screwdriving tool, and rotating the screwdriving tool relative to the instrument about a screw longitudinal axis to transmit a torque in a positively locking manner from the screwdriving tool to the screw via the impressed punch geometry and to screw the screw into the internal thread.