Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
  • B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING
  • B25B7/00—Pliers; Other hand-held gripping tools with jaws on pivoted limbs; Details applicable generally to pivoted-limb hand tools
  • B25B7/06—Joints
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
  • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods
  • A61B17/28—Surgical forceps
  • A61B17/2812—Surgical forceps with a single pivotal connection
  • A61B17/2816—Pivots
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
  • A61B90/00—Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00, e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
  • A61B90/08—Accessories or related features not otherwise provided for
  • A61B2090/0813—Accessories designed for easy sterilising, i.e. re-usable

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a joint for surgical instrumentation characterized by spacing the branches without separating them from the axis of rotation, facilitating cleaning and limiting the contact areas between the branches.
• the assembly "finger” in this assembly the axis is welded to the fixed branch and one or two hooks prevent the movable branch from detaching during use. When the useful opening angle is exceeded the two branches can separate, allowing a good cleaning.
• the fault of this assembly is that for proper operation the branches can not be mixed even between identical instruments, making very tedious the operation of reassembling instruments.
• the device presented is intended for complete cleaning without disassembly of the instrument. It is characterized by a variable spacing of the branches along the same axis as the axis of rotation of the joint, and function of the opening angle of the instrument. In full opening the branches are spaced two to three millimeters which allows the passage of a brush.
• the axis (1) (fig.4) is welded to the fixed branch (2) (fig.l).
• the movable branch (3) (fig.2) rotates freely about this axis.
• Two lugs (4,5) (FIG. 3) welded to the movable branch slide along two blind trenches (6,7) (FIG. 4) machined along the axis and rotating around it.
• Such an assembly has the effect during rotation of spreading the branches from one another, to limit the contact areas and thus to clean the instrument without disassembly.
• This device is adaptable to any branch instrument.
• male and female parts of the joint can be reversed.
• the lugs representing the male part of the joint can be replaced by a fitted cavity in which a head mounted at the end of the axis (1) (fig.4) can engage, generating the spacing of the branches.

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• Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
• Surgery (AREA)
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• Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy & Molecular Imaging (AREA)
• Biomedical Technology (AREA)
• Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
• Ophthalmology & Optometry (AREA)
• Molecular Biology (AREA)
• Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
• General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
• Public Health (AREA)
• Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
• Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
• Surgical Instruments (AREA)
• Brushes (AREA)

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• 2007
  • 2007-09-05 EP EP07823478A patent/EP2076187A2/de not_active Withdrawn
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