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US 10,206,756 B2Granted
Tool for a dismantlable medical instrument
AssigneeKarl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsDaniel Kaercher, Jochen Stefan
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Abstract
A tool for a dismantlable medical instrument includes a first component, which surrounds a cavity for receiving a distal end of a shank, and a second component with a catch, which protrudes into the cavity surrounded by the first component to form a bayonet connection with a distal end of a shank protruding into the cavity, by engagement of the catch in a slit or a groove at the distal end of the shank. The first component has a recess into which the second component is fitted.
Claims13
A tool for a dismantlable medical instrument having a shank, the tool comprising:
- a first component that surrounds a cavity for receiving a distal end of the shank;
- a second component with a catch that protrudes into the cavity surrounded by the first component to form a bayonet connection, the distal end of the shank configured to protrude into the cavity by engagement of the catch in a slit or a groove at the distal end of the shank;
- further wherein the second component includes a ring-shaped portion and wherein the catch protrudes from the ring-shaped portion in an axial direction of the second component;
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- a recess formed in the first component into which the second component is fitted, the recess being open at an exterior surface of the first component and being open at an opposing interior surface of the first component, such that, in a radial direction of the first component, the recess forms a through-hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.