US 12,303,961 B2
Instrument pre-product and medical instrument
Tom Schweitzer, Tuttlingen (DE); Corvin Motz, Pfullendorf (DE); and Andreas Deutschendorf, Spaichingen (DE)
Assigned to Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen (DE)
Filed by Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen (DE)
Filed on Aug. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/897,173.
Application 17/897,173 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2021/055357, filed on Mar. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 105 886.1 (DE), filed on Mar. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0410245 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B21D 53/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/062 (2006.01); A61B 17/28 (2006.01)
CPC B21D 53/00 (2013.01) [A61B 17/062 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00858 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2825 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A semi-finished instrument comprising:
an instrument body part blank for forming an instrument body part of a medical instrument, said instrument body part blank being made of a metal;
a distal end region; and
a recess on the distal end region for accommodating a hard metal element,
wherein:
the recess has an abutment face for the hard metal element,
the instrument body part blank comprises a solder chamber for accommodating solder
the solder chamber is fluidically connected to the recess, and
the instrument body part blank comprises a solder chamber portion, wherein the solder chamber is arranged or formed on the solder chamber portion, and wherein the solder chamber portion is configured so as to be separable from the instrument body part blank.