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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1982
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karl Braun, Talheim, DE;
Erich Wintermantel, Tubingen, DE;
Assignee:
Aesculap-Werke Aktiengesellschaft, vormals Jetter & Scheerer, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61B / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128346 ; 1283 / ; 128335 ;
Abstract
An approximator for anastomotic surgery having two parallel guide bars connected rigidly at one end to a fixed clamp holder. Another clamp holder is displaceably guided on the guide bars. One of the guide bars is a meshing bar non-rotatably mounted to the fixed clamp holder. A driver is mounted on the displaceable clamp holder rotatably about an axis crossing the longitudinal axis of the meshing bar and is formed with a toothed gear engaging the driving bar, the latter and the toothed gear forming a rack and pinion gearing.