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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2011
Applicant:
Ralf Staud, Emmingen, DE;
Inventor:
Ralf Staud, Emmingen, DE;
Assignee:
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00345 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00995 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2926 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00125 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00148 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical gripping tool includes a synthetic body and a metallic layer on a surface of the synthetic body, whereby the synthetic body is configured to be elastically reshaped in its expected application. According to the invention, the gripping tool is configured so that the metallic layer is structurally reshaped in the expected application.