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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2021
Applicant:
Aesculap Ag, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventor:
Frederick Lenzenhuber, Tuttlingen, DE;
Assignee:
Aesculap AG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 90/90 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/16 (2013.01); A61B 90/90 (2016.02); A61B 2090/031 (2016.02);
Abstract
A medical tool, in the form of a rotatably drivable tool, in particular a cutting tool such as a trepanation tool, the tool having a drive portion which can be connected to a medical device for in particular interlockingly transmitting torque, and a cutting portion which can be coupled to the drive portion so as to transmit torque. The tool comprises an electronic assembly which is designed to be activated by the tool being connected to the medical device, preferably by an operation of plugging the tool into the medical device, and/or to be activated by the cutting portion being decoupled from the drive portion.