US 12,150,794 B2
Expanding holder and tool set
Eda Ay-Becker, Mengen (DE); and Timo Knittel, Wurmlingen (DE)
Assigned to Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen (DE)
Appl. No. 18/281,424
Filed by Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 8, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/055882
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 11, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/189427, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 106 110.5 (DE), filed on Mar. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0148461 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 50/20 (2016.01); A61B 50/33 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 50/20 (2016.02) [A61B 50/33 (2016.02)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tool set for plug-in holding of a surgical tool, the tool set comprising:
A. an expander holder comprising:
a plurality of clamping arms that are circumferentially spaced and elastically deformable, the clamping arms forming an insertion opening for insertion of the surgical tool on an open front side of the expander holder, the clamping arms having engagement portions that are radially inwardly projecting for a force-fitting and/or form-fitting contacting of the surgical tool for holding the surgical tool; and
a catching base formed at an end portion of the expander holder opposite to the insertion opening, the clamping arms extending from the catching base in an axial direction toward the open front side, the catching base comprising a first flat side and a second flat side, the catching base being formed by a chamfer-free plate from which the clamping arms axially extend, the catching base forming a welding, soldering or gluing portion in a central region on at least one of the first flat side and the second flat side of the catching base; and
B. a retaining device comprising:
a first perforated plate having first holes for insertion of the surgical tool and first crosspieces, the first holes being separated from each other by the first crosspieces; and
a second perforated plate having second holes and second crosspieces, the second perforated plate being spaced parallel to the first perforated plate and connected to the first perforated plate, the second holes being separated from each other by the second crosspieces,
the second crosspieces intersecting at junction points arranged in alignment with the first holes, and the catching base of the expander holder is being firmly bonded or bondable to the junction points of the second crosspieces.