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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2011
Peter Schulz, Loeffingen, DE;
Markus Nesper, Tuttlingen, DE;
Dieter Weisshaupt, Immendingen, DE;
Konstantin Faulhaber, Frittlingen, DE;
Peter Schulz, Loeffingen, DE;
Markus Nesper, Tuttlingen, DE;
Dieter Weisshaupt, Immendingen, DE;
Konstantin Faulhaber, Frittlingen, DE;
Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
In order to further develop a surgical instrument with an energy-driven operating device, an energy storage device as well as a control device for driving the operating device as required and supplying it with energy from the energy storage device such that an optimum utilization of the capacity of the energy storage device is achieved without any risk for the surgeon or the patient, in particular in view of the different energy requirements of the individual operating processes, it is suggested that when a predetermined state of residual charge of the energy storage device is reached and/or it is fallen below for the first time the control device make its residual charge available for returning the tool into a rest position.