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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2022
Karl Storz SE & CO KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
KARL STORZ SE & Co KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
A method for supplementing a component () of a medical instrument () by way of a plastic component comprises the steps of inserting () the component () of the medical instrument () into a casting mold () and closing () the casting mold (), a first region () of a mold surface of the casting mold () being placed against the component () and a casting chamber () remaining between a second region () of the mold surface of the casting mold () and the component (); a step of supplying () a liquid plastic to the casting chamber (); and a step of coupling () electromagnetic radiation into the liquid plastic within the casting chamber () in order to trigger a solidification of the plastic and in order to form the plastic component.