US 12,390,230 B2
Signal forwarding or transmission in a surgical instrument
Roland-Alois Hoegerle, Tuttlingen (DE); Frederick Lenzenhuber, Tuttlingen (DE); and André Buerk, Villingen-Schwenningen (DE)
Assigned to Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen (DE)
Appl. No. 17/793,607
Filed by Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/051061
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/148400, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 101 171.7 (DE), filed on Jan. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0062637 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/16 (2006.01); F16C 19/06 (2006.01); F16C 19/54 (2006.01); F16C 33/58 (2006.01); F16C 41/00 (2006.01); H01R 39/64 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1633 (2013.01) [F16C 19/06 (2013.01); F16C 19/54 (2013.01); F16C 33/586 (2013.01); F16C 41/002 (2013.01); H01R 39/643 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00084 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00137 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1602 (2013.01); F16C 2202/32 (2013.01); F16C 2316/10 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical instrument comprising at least one roller bearing configured for forwarding or transmitting electrical signals, the at least one roller bearing having at least one roller bearing signal line or roller bearing signal path integrated in the at least one roller bearing.