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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Karl Storz Gmbh & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventors:
Martin Blocher, Stockach-Espasingen, DE;
Robin Merz, Furtwangen, DE;
Assignee:
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); F16C 11/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/295 (2006.01); A61B 17/3211 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/22 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 17/295 (2013.01); A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); F16C 11/04 (2013.01); A61B 17/3211 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2902 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2933 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2934 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2939 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2947 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00607 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1455 (2013.01); Y10T 403/32951 (2015.01);
Abstract
A tool for a distal end or on a distal end of a shaft of a medical instrument includes a basic body, a mouth part which is pivotable about a pivot axis in relation to the basic body, and a bearing which defines the pivot axis, wherein the bearing includes two axle journals which are spaced apart from one another, each with a radial surface which is rotationally symmetrical with respect to the pivot axis.