IP Library Granted Patent US 8,702,740
Granted Patent B2
US 8,702,740 · App. 12/793,964 · Granted Apr 22, 2014

Medical punch

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Patent No.
US 8,702,740
App. No.
12/793,964
Granted
Apr 22, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A medical punch with a hollow shaft, a tool point that is positioned on the distal end of the shaft and includes a rigid cutting part and a cutting part that can slide with respect to the rigid cutting part, and with a handle positioned on the proximal end of the shaft, such that the displaceable cutting part and the handle are operatively connected with one another by a push/pull device that is displaceably mounted in the hollow shaft and an anti-tilt mechanism is positioned on the tool point to stabilize the cutting parts in their axially parallel alignment to one another. The rigid cutting part includes a sleeve-shaped proximal portion that encloses the displaceable cutting part and a distal punch portion configured as a single unit with the sleeve-shaped portion and that the rigid cutting part should be detachably connected with the hollow shaft by a coupling mechanism formed on the sleeve-shaped portion.

Claims (8)

1. A medical punch with a hollow shaft, a tool point that is positioned on the distal end of the hollow shaft and comprises a rigid cutting part and a displaceable cutting part that can slide with respect to the rigid cutting part, and with a handle positioned on the proximal end of the hollow shaft, such that the displaceable cutting part and the handle are operatively connected with one another by a push/pull device that is displaceably mounted in the hollow shaft and an anti-tilt mechanism is positioned on the tool point to stabilize the cutting parts in their axially parallel alignment to one another,

characterized in that

the rigid cutting part comprises a sleeve-shaped proximal portion that encloses the displaceable cutting part and a distal punch portion that is configured as a single unit with the sleeve-shaped proximal portion, and in that the tool point comprises a sleeve-shaped enclosure that is slidable directly onto the sleeve-shaped proximal portion of the rigid cutting part for connecting the rigid cutting part and the displaceable cutting part to form a single assembly unit and wherein the single assembly unit is detachably connected with the hollow shaft by a coupling mechanism configured on the sleeve-shaped proximal portion, wherein the coupling mechanism is configured as a bayonet connection and wherein the anti-tilt mechanism is configured as the sleeve-shaped enclosure.

2. The medical punch according to claim 1 , wherein a guide track for inserting the displaceable cutting part is configured in the sleeve-shaped proximal portion of the rigid cutting part.

3. The medical punch according to claim 2 , wherein a guide element is configured on the displaceable cutting part to stabilize at least the displaceable cutting part in the guide track.

4. The medical punch according to claim 1 , wherein the displaceable cutting part is connected in an at least force-fitted manner with the push/pull device.

5. The medical punch according to claim 1 , wherein the push/pull device can be inserted into the hollow shaft and withdrawn from the hollow shaft by the distal end of the hollow shaft.

6. The medical punch according to claim 1 , wherein a stop is configured on the rigid cutting part to restrict the displaceability of the displaceable cutting part in the distal direction.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 20, 2018
From: KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG
To: KARL STORZ SE & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 045373/0627 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 20, 2010
From: OBERLAENDER, MARTIN; SAUER, MICHAEL; BACHER, UWE; STAEHLER, MICHAEL
To: KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 024867/0170 →