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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2021
Tuebingen Scientific Medical Gmbh, Tübingen, DE;
Marcus Braun, Weil im Schönbuch, DE;
Abstract
A trocar comprising a trocar housing, a drive unit designed and configured to move the surgical instrument, a coupling unit designed and configured to couple and uncouple the drive unit to and from an external drive source, the coupling unit comprising an input shaft being supported by the trocar housing, the input shaft being designed and configured to be driven by the drive source, and a transmission/gearbox designed and configured to convert a rotational movement of the input shaft about the longitudinal input shaft axis into a translational movement of the surgical instrument within to the trocar along a longitudinal trocar direction. Also provided is a minimally invasive surgical device equipped with this trocar.