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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2024
Aesculap Ag, Tuttlingen, DE;
Pierre Ettwein, Engen, DE;
Sven Barthelmes, Emmingen-Liptingen, DE;
Maciej Cynka, Miedzichowo, PL;
Mateusz Hoffmann, Nowy Tomysl, PL;
Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
A medical instrument has a first part connected to a second part with a connecting element. The first and second parts are pivotable relative to one another about a pivot axis defined by a longitudinal axis of the connecting element. The first part has a first bearing area, and the second part has a second bearing area. The first bearing area and second bearing area face each other. In a mounted state, a biasing element is arranged between the first and second bearing areas. The biasing element, in the mounted state, is held in a compressed state between the first and second bearing areas by the connecting element so as to exert a biasing force on the first and second bearing areas to keep them biased away from one another.