Adapter device for surgical instruments
AssigneeBiedermann Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsTimo Biedermann, Dimosthenis Dandanopoulos
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Abstract
An adapter device for a surgical instrument includes an adapter member connectable to and separable from the surgical instrument, the adapter member having a first end, a second end, a longitudinal axis extending from the first end to the second end, and a connection structure configured to connect to the surgical instrument, and a mounting member connectable to and separable from the adapter member for mounting an additional instrument to the adapter member.
Claims23
An adapter device for a surgical instrument, the adapter device comprising:
- an adapter member connectable to and separable from the surgical instrument, the adapter member having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending from the first end to the second end, and comprising a connection structure configured to connect directly to the surgical instrument;
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- a mounting member connectable to the adapter member in an unlatched manner and separable from the adapter member, wherein the mounting member is configured to mount an additional instrument to the adapter member.
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An adapter device for a surgical instrument, the adapter device comprising:
- an adapter member connectable to and separable from the surgical instrument, the adapter member having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending from the first end to the second end, and defining a recess configured to receive the surgical instrument;
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- a mounting member connectable around at least a portion of and separable from the adapter member for mounting an additional instrument to the adapter member.
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An adapter device for a surgical instrument, the adapter device comprising:
- an adapter member connectable to and separable from the surgical instrument, the adapter member having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending from the first end to the second end, and comprising a first connection structure at the first end configured to connect directly to the surgical instrument and a second connection structure at the second end, wherein one of the first or second connection structures comprises a male connector and the other one of the first or second connection structures comprises a female connector;
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- a mounting member connectable to and separable from the adapter member for mounting an additional instrument to the adapter member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.