Medical instrument for manipulation of an uterus
AssigneeKarl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsChristian Walter, Jacques Donnez
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Abstract
A medical instrument has a rod-shaped body which has a distal end section which can be inserted through a vagina into an uterus. A bell-shaped element is mounted on the rod-shaped body. The bell-shaped element being slidingly displaceable along said rod-shaped body at least between an axial position on said rod-shaped body close to a proximal end thereof and up to said distal end section inserted in an uterus.
Claims14
A medical instrument, comprising a rod-shaped body having a distal end section, said distal end section can be inserted through a vagina into an uterus, a bell-shaped element mounted on said rod-shaped body, said bell-shaped element being slidingly displaceable along said rod-shaped body at least between a first axial position on said rod-shaped body close to a proximal end of said rod-shaped body and up to a subsequent axial position at said distal end portion inserted into a uterus, a sliding displacement of said bell-shaped element being without rotating said rod-shaped body and said bell-shaped element relative to each other;
- wherein said bell-shaped element can be locked by means of a locking mechanism in different axial positions on said rod-shaped body, said locking mechanism locks said bell-shaped element against a displacement of said bell-shaped element along said rod-shaped body,
- wherein said locking mechanism has a locking element being arranged on said bell-shaped element, said locking element, in said different axial positions, engages in a locking site on said rod-shaped body, and
- wherein a first locking site is arranged at a proximal end portion of said rod-shaped body and a second locking site is arranged at said distal end portion of said rod-shaped body.
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