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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
May. 18, 2004
Bernhard Kupferschmid, Emmingen-Liptingen, DE;
Rupert Mayenberger, Rielasingen, DE;
Dieter Weisshaupt, Immendingen, DE;
Bernhard Kupferschmid, Emmingen-Liptingen, DE;
Rupert Mayenberger, Rielasingen, DE;
Dieter Weisshaupt, Immendingen, DE;
Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
In order to improve a surgical instrument having at least one tool comprising a carrier and at least one functional component adhesively bonded to the carrier, in such a way that the carrier can be easily and securely adhesively bonded to the functional component, whilst maintaining the desired function of the instrument, it is proposed that the carrier comprise a first contact surface, that the functional component comprise a second contact surface, and that the first contact surface bear on the second contact surface without any gap therebetween.