US 12,029,402 B2
Coupling device for a disassemblable medical instrument
Daniel Kaercher, Radolfzell (DE); Robin Merz, Furtwangen (DE); and Jochen Stefan, Wald (DE)
Assigned to Karl Storz SE & CO. KG, Tuttlingen (DE)
Filed by KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG, Tuttlingen (DE)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2016, as Appl. No. 15/368,793.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2015 121 481.4 (DE), filed on Dec. 10, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2017/0164936 A1, Jun. 15, 2017
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/00234 (2013.01) [A61B 17/2909 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00345 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/292 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0813 (2016.02)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.