Coupling device for a disassemblable medical instrument
Handling device for the formation of a disassemblable medical instrument comprises a first component, a second component, which can be moved relative to the first component, a coupling device on the second component, wherein the coupling device is designed and arranged in order to be coupled to a corresponding coupling device at the proximal end of a force transmission device within a working range of positions of the second component and in order not to be coupled to a corresponding coupling device at the proximal end of a force transmission device in a release position of the second component, and a guiding device on the first component for guiding a corresponding coupling device at the proximal end of a force transmission device within a transitional range between one end of the working range and the release position.
1. A handling device for the formation of a disassemblable medical instrument, comprising:
a first component having a first component step;
a second component configured to be moved relative to the first component, the second component having a second component step corresponding to the first component step, and the second component step configured to rest against the first component step to form a mechanical stop thereby defining a release position by engagement of the first component step and the second component step;
a coupling device on the second component, wherein the coupling device is designed and arranged in order to be coupled to a corresponding coupling device at the proximal end of a force transmission device within a working range of positions of the second component, and in order not to be coupled to the corresponding coupling device at the proximal end of the force transmission device in the release position of the second component; and
a guiding device positioned on the first component for guiding the corresponding coupling device at the proximal end of the force transmission device within an entire transitional range between one end of the working range and the release position of the second component,
wherein the guiding device comprises a first sliding surface configured on a first web faces a second web, and a second sliding surface configured on the second web faces the first web, and
wherein the guiding device configured for guiding the corresponding coupling device at the proximal end of the force transmission device.
2. The handling device according to claim 1 , wherein the second component has a slot, in which the first web and the second web on the first component are arranged.
3. The handling device according to claim 2 , wherein the coupling device on the second component comprises two parallel and mutually opposite grooves in two mutually opposite walls of the slot.
4. The handling device according to claim 3 , wherein the coupling device is designed for coupling to a spherical corresponding coupling device at the proximal end of the force transmission device, a width of the first web and the second web and a width of the slot are each less than the diameter of the spherical corresponding coupling device at the proximal end of the force transmission device for which the handling device is provided.
5. The handling device according to claim 1 , wherein the first sliding surface and the second sliding surface have the form of a segment of a lateral surface of a circular cylinder.
6. The handling device according to claim 1 , wherein the first sliding surface and the second sliding surface are designed and arranged in order to guide between them the corresponding coupling device at the proximal end of the force transmission device.
7. The handling device according to claim 6 , wherein the first sliding surface and the second sliding surface have the form of two segments of a lateral surface of a circular cylinder.
8. The handling device according to claim 1 , wherein the second component is pivotable relative to the first component.
9. The handling device according to claim 1 , wherein the working range of positions of the second component comprises a first extreme position of the second component relative to the first component, a second extreme position of the second component relative to the first component, and a plurality of positions between the first extreme position and the second extreme position within the working range.
10. A disassemblable medical instrument comprising:
a handling device according to claim 1 ; and
a shaft, the proximal end of which is connected to or can be connected mechanically in a releasable manner to the handling device,
wherein the force transmission device having the coupling device, corresponding to the coupling device on the second component, at the proximal end of the force transmission device.