Autoclavable handle
AssigneeKarl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsJochen Stefan, Claus Kramer, Sven Grüner, Chunman Fan, Kay Behrendt, Andreas Bayer
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Abstract
An autoclavable handle (5) includes a handle housing (9) and with at least one switch element (11) mounted to the handle housing (9). The autoclavable handle (5) is permanently resistant to the effects of machine cleaning and of steam sterilization. The at least one switch element (11) is resiliently pressable into the handle housing (9). The switch element (11) is mounted in the handle housing (9) via at least one web (16) arranged on an underside of the switch element (11). The switch element (11) is sealed off from the handle housing (9) via a circumferential sealing element (12).
Claims20
An autoclavable handle comprising:
- a handle housing;
- at least one switch element mounted to the handle housing;
- at least one web arranged on an underside of the at least one switch element, wherein the at least one switch element is mounted to the handle housing via the at least one web with the at least one switch element being resiliently pressable relative to the handle housing;
- a circumferential sealing element wherein the at least one switch element is sealed off from the handle housing via the circumferential sealing element;
- an axle connected to the handle housing;
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- a spring element mounted on the switch element, wherein:
- an oblong hole is formed in the at least one web and runs in a longitudinal direction of the web and the web is mounted in the handle housing via the axle passing through the oblong hole;
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- the spring element is mounted on the switch element in such a way that the spring element presses the switch element outward from the handle housing, such that a working path of the switch element is defined by a length of the oblong hole.
The autoclavable handle comprising:
- a handle housing;
- a plurality of switch elements mounted to the handle housing, wherein:
- the switch elements are respectively arranged in trough-shaped depressions of the handle housing;
- a common axle in the handle housing;
- webs, wherein each of the webs is arranged on an underside of a respective one of the switch elements, wherein a separate opening is formed in each of the trough-shaped depressions for passage of each of the webs, each of the switch elements is mounted to the handle housing via the respective one of the webs with the switch elements being resiliently pressable relative to the handle housing, and the webs of all of the switch elements are mounted on the common axle in the handle housing;
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- circumferential sealing elements, wherein each of the switch elements is sealed off from the handle housing via a respective one of the circumferential sealing elements.
A method for actuating autoclavable handle, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing autoclavable handle comprising a handle housing, a plurality of switch elements mounted to the handle housing, wherein the switch elements are respectively arranged in trough-shaped depressions of the handle housing, a common axle in the handle housing, webs, wherein each of the webs is arranged on an underside of a respective one of the switch elements, wherein a separate opening is formed in each of the trough-shaped depressions for passage of each of the webs, wherein each of the switch elements is mounted to he handle housing via the respective one of the webs with the switch elements being resiliently pressable relative to the handle housing, and the webs of all of the switch elements are mounted on the common axle in the handle housing and circumferential sealing elements wherein each of the switch elements is sealed off from the handle housing via a respective one of the circumferential sealing elements;
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- pressing the at least one switch element relative to the handle housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.