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AssigneeFortimedix Assets II B.V.
InventorsMattheus Hendrik Louis Thissen, Roy Christiaan Louisa Velter
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A cylindrical instrument has a tube with a movable element (1677; 16(2)) and first further element (1675; 16(1); 16(3)). The movable element (1677; 16(2)) has a movable element extending portion (1603a; 1702a1; 2002b) adjacent to a movable element indented portion (1603b; 1702b1; 2002a/2002c). In a manufactured state the movable element extending portion (1603a; 1702a1; 2002b) is located opposite a first further element indented portion (1601b; 1701b; 2001b) at a first distance and the movable element indented portion (1603b; 1702b1; 2002a/2002c) is located opposite a first further element extending portion (1601a; 1701a; 1701c; 2001a/2001c) at a second distance. Relative sideways movement between the movable element (1677; 16(2)) and the first further element (1675; 16(1); 16(3)) is possible such that when the relative sideways movement is larger than a predetermined distance the movable element extending portion (1603a; 1702a1; 2002b) is opposite the first further element extending portion (1601a; 1701a; 1701c; 2001a/2001c) at a third distance which is smaller than the first distance.
A cylindrical instrument comprising a tube extending in a longitudinal direction and having at least a movable element and at least a first further element, the cylindrical instrument having a first state and a second state, the first state being a manufactured state obtained directly after manufacturing and the second state being a reduce-play state coinciding with an operation mode, the movable element having a movable element extending portion adjacent to a movable element indented portion, in the manufactured state the movable element extending portion being located opposite a first further element indented portion at a first distance and the movable element indented portion being located opposite a first further element extending portion at a second distance, and wherein the tube is configured to allow relative sideways movement from the manufactured state to the reduced-play state between the movable element and the first further element, wherein in the reduced-play state in which said movable element extending portion is, at least partly, opposite said first further element extending portion such that said movable element extending portion and said first further element extending portion can sideways move relative to one another and slide along one another as caused by operating the cylindrical element until a predetermined maximum operating limit.
A method of manufacturing a cylindrical instrument cutting one or more slots in a first tube such as to produce a first element and a second element in the first tube such that they are movable sideways relative to one another and the first element and second element show play relative to one another;
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