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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Simon Casutt, Gossau, CH;
Assignee:
Sulzer Orthopedics Ltd., Baar, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 9/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 9/06 ;
Abstract
The medical/technical tool holder apparatus ( ) with torque limitation comprises a receiver ( ) for at least one shear body ( ) and a shearing means ( ) which is rotatably connected to the receiver ( ) and which is arranged in such a manner with respect to a shear body ( ) located in the receiver ( ) that the shearing means ( ) contacts the shear body ( ) as soon as a torque acts on the shearing means ( ), with the shearing means ( ) and the shear body ( ) being mutually matched and arranged in such a manner that the shearing means ( ) at least partly severs the shear body ( ) when a specific torque is exceeded.