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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2006
Applicants:
Diethelm Wallwiener, Leimen, DE;
Sara Brucker, Gomaringen/Stockach, DE;
Inventors:
Diethelm Wallwiener, Leimen, DE;
Sara Brucker, Gomaringen/Stockach, DE;
Assignee:
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, , DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3417 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 2019/304 (2013.01); A61B 2019/462 (2013.01); A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61B 2019/306 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3492 (2013.01);
Abstract
The spacer serves for limiting the depth of insertion of a shaft of a medical instrument into a body of a patient. The spacer has a distal abutment for bearing on a body of a patient. The spacer has a spacer element extending along a length section of the shaft of the medical instrument. A device for releasably mounting the spacer on the shaft has an aperture via which the spacer can be mounted laterally to the shaft. For it the aperture is designed as a lateral slit aperture.