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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2008
Rainer Schneider, St. Pantaleon, AT;
Rainer Schroeck, Lamprechtshausen, AT;
Walter Pletscher, Oberzeiring, AT;
Josef Ott, Zeltweg, AT;
Rainer Schneider, St. Pantaleon, AT;
Rainer Schroeck, Lamprechtshausen, AT;
Walter Pletscher, Oberzeiring, AT;
Josef Ott, Zeltweg, AT;
Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US);
Abstract
A medical handle comprises a drive unit and a control device or circuit for driving a medical tool. The control device or circuit comprises a control and/or regulating circuit for controlling and/or regulating the drive unit, the drive unit comprises at least one magnetic element and a sensor system for determining the alignment of the at least one magnetic element. To achieve simpler assembly and a greater resistance to the ambient conditions that prevail during sterilization in comparison with known handles, the sensor system and the control and/or regulating circuit are combined in a joint control module, and the at least one magnetic element is arranged in the medical handle in such a way that at least a part of the control module can be positioned in the immediate vicinity of the at least one magnetic element and that the sensor system is arranged in the control module in such a way that it can be positioned in the immediate vicinity of the at least one magnetic element.