Surgical instrument having point contacts in coupling area
AssigneeAesculap AG
InventorsAlina Becker, Pedro Morales
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Abstract
A surgical instrument includes a female branch defining in a coupling area a hollow volume including inwardly facing inner coupling surfaces and including a male branch which can be pivoted relative to the female branch at least partly inside the hollow volume about a pivot axis, the male branch defining in the coupling area a guide portion having outwardly facing outer coupling surfaces in which outer coupling recesses are arranged, wherein on the inner coupling surfaces, inner coupling recesses are arranged which extend relative to a longitudinal axis of the surgical instrument in a direction other than that of the outer coupling recesses.
Claims9
A surgical instrument comprising:
- a female instrument part defining in a coupling/hinge area a hollow volume having inwardly facing inner coupling/contact surfaces;
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- a male instrument part which is inserted, relative to the female instrument part, at least partly through the hollow volume and therein can be pivoted about a pivot axis,
- the male instrument part defining in the coupling area a sliding guide portion having outwardly facing outer coupling/contact surfaces,
- wherein in the outer coupling/contact surfaces, a number of outer coupling recesses is arranged and on the inner coupling surfaces, a number of inner coupling recesses is arranged which extend relative to a longitudinal axis of the surgical instrument in a direction or directions other than that of the outer coupling recesses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.