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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
May. 04, 2011
Applicants:
Dieter Weisshaupt, Immendingen, DE;
Christoph Rothweiler, Donaueschingen, DE;
Jürgen Wegmann, Stockach, DE;
Bernd Blender, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventors:
Dieter Weisshaupt, Immendingen, DE;
Christoph Rothweiler, Donaueschingen, DE;
Jürgen Wegmann, Stockach, DE;
Bernd Blender, Tuttlingen, DE;
Assignee:
Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/11 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/04 (2013.01); A61B 17/1114 (2013.01); A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00504 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00831 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1132 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00059 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0066 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00642 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical system that connects biological tissue includes a) a surgical instrument with two tool elements movable in relation to one another and in each case including an electrode, which electrodes, in a coming-together position of the tool elements preferably define a minimum distance from one another, lie opposite one another and face one another, and b) a medically compatible material assisting connection of the tissue.