US 11,850,722 B2
Medical instrument
Martin Mazzeo, Emmingen Liptingen (DE)
Assigned to Storz am Mark GmbH, Emmingen-Liptingen (DE)
Appl. No. 17/057,449
Filed by Storz am Mark GmbH, Emmingen-Liptingen (DE)
PCT Filed May 21, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/063090
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 20, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/224196, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 112 346.9 (DE), filed on Mar. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0213599 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/062 (2006.01); A61B 17/30 (2006.01); A61B 17/3201 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); B25G 1/10 (2006.01); A61C 3/10 (2006.01)
CPC B25G 1/102 (2013.01) [A61B 17/062 (2013.01); A61B 17/30 (2013.01); A61B 17/3201 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0042 (2013.01); A61C 3/10 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical instrument comprising:
a first arm extending in a longitudinal direction and having a grip area between a rear end and a front working end,
the first arm comprising an inner recess formed on a first inner side, the inner recess extending beyond the grip area in the longitudinal direction,
wherein at least two groups of at least two elongated holes are formed in the grip area and are arranged offset to each other in the longitudinal direction,
wherein the at least two groups of at least two elongated holes are arranged offset to each other transversely to the longitudinal direction,
wherein at least one of the elongated holes is designed as a through hole,
wherein at least two of the elongated holes have a length extending in the longitudinal direction and a width extending in a transverse direction, the length being longer than the width,
wherein the at least two elongated holes of each group are on a straight line,
wherein the at least two groups of at least two elongated holes overlap in a lateral direction; and
wherein a plurality of grooves are formed in the grip area spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction, each one of the plurality of grooves running transversely to the longitudinal direction so that a raised area is present between adjacent ones of the plurality of grooves, and the raised area comprises an arcuate section and a plurality of flat sections, the respective ones of the plurality of flat sections being spaced apart transversely to the longitudinal direction.