Patents Assigned to Aesculap
  • Medical shaft-type instrument with a support plate/bridge on the retaining rail
    Patent number: 10507025
    Abstract: A medical shaft instrument includes an instrument head with at least one jaw member for applying clamps with two jaw member branches. The instrument head is connectable over an instrument shaft having an outer tube with a handle for actuation of the jaw member. A clip magazine includes a retaining rail for supporting clamps in a predetermined storage position distance from each other. All the clamps are advanceable by a forth and back movable conveying and advancing rail. The clamp closest to the instrument head is conveyable by a tongue into the jaw member between the jaw member branches. The retaining rail has a distally extending support plate or bridge, which covers a jaw member region of a jaw member branch on the other jaw member branch facing side such that a tipping of an advanced or advanceable clamp on the jaw member branch is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Thomas Scholten, Gunnar Wanke, Jörg Hinrich Timmermann, Michael Benk, Rainer Wursthorn
  • Medical fastening device and referencing device and medical instrumentation
    Patent number: 10507062
    Abstract: A medical fastening device for noninvasively fastening a medical marking device comprising two or more marking elements to a body part of a patient is provided. The fastening device has a support body which extends over a surface in two directions of extent aligned at an angle to each other and is adaptable in its shape to the contour of the body part, to which the marking device is fixed or fixable. The support body is elastically stretchable in the surface of its extent and comprises a first stretch area and at least one second stretch area, the stretchability of which in at least one direction in the surface of the extent of the support body is less than that of the first stretch area. A medical referencing device and a medical instrumentation comprising such a fastening device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Stefan Gassner, Steffi Altmann, Markus Mueller
  • Jaw for a surgical tubular shaft instrument
    Patent number: 10478164
    Abstract: A jaw assembly for a surgical tubular shaft instrument includes a supporting component, a first arm and a second arm, the first arm and/or the second arm each having one link element. The arms are held by the supporting component in the axial direction. A cam carrier element is axially movable relative to the supporting component and carries at least two cams. Each link element is designed to be in contact with at least two cams when there is a relative axial movement between the supporting component and the cam carrier element, the cams being provided on the cam carrier element. Each link element is further designed to slide off of the cams to effect an opening or closing of the jaw assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Thomas Scholten, Gunnar Wanke
  • Surgical apparatus including articulation gear
    Patent number: 10470785
    Abstract: One example of a surgical apparatus may include an end effector; a shaft extending proximally from the end effector, the shaft including an articulation region; a handle including at least one button; an articulation gear held by the handle, where at least one cam path is defined in the articulation gear; and at least one holder post extending into each cam path; where actuation of one button causes the end effector to articulate through a discrete angular increment relative to the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Bryan D. Knodel, Jinhoon Park, Radulf B. R. Bosuego
  • Bent tubular shaft and method for producing the same
    Patent number: 10473144
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments describe a method for producing a bent tubular shaft for a tubular shaft instrument as well as a tubular shaft produced in such manner as well as a tubular shaft instrument with such a bent tubular shaft. The tubular shaft is produced by providing a hollow shaft component and an actuating rod. The actuating rod in this case has at least one bending area in which flexible segments and support segments alternate. The at least one bending area of the actuating rod is provided with a friction-reducing layer before it is inserted into the shaft component in order to create a tubular shaft. The tubular shaft is then bent in an area that corresponds to the at least one bending area of the actuating rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventor: Bernhard Kupferschmid
  • Tissue fusion agent
    Patent number: 10463761
    Abstract: A tissue fusion agent includes a particulate and/or fibrous flock material, wherein the fibrous flock material includes monofilament flock fibers and has a fiber length of 100 ?m to 3 mm. A discharge device can contain the tissue fusion agent and a surgical system can includes the tissue fusion agent or the discharge device and a tissue fusion instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Christof Merckle, Erich Odermatt
  • Tissue fusion agent
    Patent number: 10456507
    Abstract: A tissue fusion agent includes a supporting element and a flock material. A surgical system includes the tissue fusion agent and a tissue fusion instrument. A method of producing the tissue fusion agent includes a) coating a supporting element with an adhesive, and b) flocking the adhesive-coated supporting element with a flock material while the adhesive is moist, adhesive or tacky, or after activation of the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Christof Merckle, Erich Odermatt
  • Surgical instrument having point contacts in coupling area
    Patent number: 10448991
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a female branch defining in a coupling area a hollow volume including inwardly facing inner coupling surfaces and including a male branch which can be pivoted relative to the female branch at least partly inside the hollow volume about a pivot axis, the male branch defining in the coupling area a guide portion having outwardly facing outer coupling surfaces in which outer coupling recesses are arranged, wherein on the inner coupling surfaces, inner coupling recesses are arranged which extend relative to a longitudinal axis of the surgical instrument in a direction other than that of the outer coupling recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Alina Becker, Pedro Morales
  • Control for reliable assembly and disassembly of two functional units of a multi-part medical device
    Patent number: 10433823
    Abstract: A medical device includes two device units having two functional units that can be coupled to each other to actuate the second functional unit via the first functional unit. The first functional unit has a mechanical coupling segment which can be brought into a coupling position to couple with the second functional unit. A detector for detecting a relative position of the two device units or a distance between the two device units is provided on at least one device unit. The electrical or electronic control of the first functional unit is configured such that the mechanical coupling segment of the first functional unit can be brought into the coupling position only if the two device units are in a certain position with respect to each other or fall below a minimum distance from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Robert Vogtherr, Thomas Maser, Heiko Reichle, Dominik Seyfried, Anton Keller
  • Closure element for a medical sterile container, and sterile container with such a closure element
    Patent number: 10434206
    Abstract: A closure for a medical sterile container having a trough-like first container part and a lid-type second container part includes a closure flap which can be arranged on one of the container parts so as to be able to pivot between a closed position, in which the container parts are interlocked with each other by the closure, and an open position in which the container parts are unlocked. The closure includes a latch element which in the closed position of the closure interlocks the closure flap with the other container part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Stefan Thomas, Serkan Bellikli, Matthias Schweizer, Stefan Schuster, Dieter Weisshaupt
  • Wedge assembly for surgical staple cartridge
    Patent number: 10433843
    Abstract: A surgical apparatus includes a cartridge; a staple strip; and staples affixed to the staple strip. Each staple is affixed to the staple strip at a joint. The staples on each staple strip are arranged in rows. The staples in adjacent rows are staggered. A wedge assembly includes a plurality of wedges spaced from one another, each wedge including a shear bump on its upper surface. Each shear bump has a first length. The shear bumps are aligned with one another within a distance equal to the first length. The wedge assembly is slidable relative to the staples to cause at least one wedge to make contact with one of the staples to rotate the staple about the joint, and then break the staple from the joint with the staple strip upon contact between the at least one of the staples and the shear bump of the wedge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventor: Kristopher J. Yee
  • Spinal Fixation Rod Bending Instrument
    Publication number: 20190298428
    Abstract: An instrument for bending a surgical implant about a bending axis includes a handle defining a receiving area for receiving the surgical implant. A lever is pivotably connected to the handle about a pivot axis that can be orthogonal to the bending axis. A movable linkage can be connected to the lever for movement with the lever. The moveable linkage can be configured to bend the surgical implant about the bending axis upon pivoting the lever about the pivot axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Robert Leslie Richards, Ernest Corrao
  • Medical force measuring system
    Patent number: 10426635
    Abstract: A medical force measuring system is provided for measuring a force effective between two prosthesis parts that are connected to one another in articulated manner in a joint prosthesis which includes a ball joint or a partial component thereof. The force measuring system includes a measuring instrument which has a sample joint element with a sample joint surface. The sample joint element is formed in correspondence with a first joint element that forms a part of the ball joint and has a joint surface which is formed in correspondence with the sample joint surface and is moveable into engagement therewith for forming a sample ball joint. The measuring instrument also includes at least one of a measuring device and an indicating device which cooperates with the sample joint element for measuring and/or indicating a force (or a partial component thereof) effective on the sample joint surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Uwe Bader, Mevluet Sungu
  • Centering aid for container lid
    Patent number: 10427841
    Abstract: The present application discloses a centering aid for a container having a container trough, with an access opening, a container lid and a seal. In the closed state of the container, the seal is arranged between the container trough and the container lid. The centering aid has a first centering device, which is provided on either the container lid or the container trough, and a second centering device, which is provided on the other of either the container lid or the container trough. The first and second centering devices interact in such a way as to ensure that, in the closed state of the container, the seal is in contact with the container trough and with the container lid along the entire periphery of the access opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Dieter Weisshaupt, Stefan Schuster, Matthias Schweizer, John Gray-Dreizler, Gerold Zieris
  • Out-of-round pedicle screw
    Patent number: 10413343
    Abstract: A medical bone screw in particular in pedicle screw design includes a screw-and-thread shaft which has a distal shaft portion of a preferably smaller core diameter that transitions into a proximal shaft portion of a preferably larger core diameter, whose proximal end is provided with a screw head. The core cross-sectional shape along the distal shaft portion is formed to be out-of-round, preferably polygonal, and the core cross-sectional shape along the proximal shaft portion is formed to be circular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Stephan Lindner, Juan-Jose Bogajo
  • Stabilizer for operations on the beating heart
    Patent number: 10405980
    Abstract: A stabilizer for operations on a heart includes a fastening shaft and a tissue contact component with two elongated bearing elements provided on a base section and adapted to be arranged on two opposing sides of a blood vessel such that at least one section of the blood vessel runs between the two bearing elements, wherein the base section is affixed to one end of the fastening shaft. At least one bearing element has a slit extending longitudinally at least over a section thereof. The fastening shaft has an axially proceeding channel which extends at least over a section of the fastening shaft and is connected to at least one connecting channel in the region of the end of the fastening shaft on which the base section is mounted, the connection channel connecting the axially proceeding channel to the surroundings, wherein the axial end of the fastening shaft is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Pedro Morales, Stefanie Schabert, Jochen Cremer
  • Method for surgical stapling
    Patent number: 10405856
    Abstract: An exemplary surgical method of treating tissue within the body of a patient, may include providing an endocutter having a knife, a staple holder along which the knife is slidable, feeder belts located on each side of the knife, staples having a first size, those staples integral with and breakable from at least one feeder belt, and staples having a second size different from the first size, those staples integral with and breakable from at least one feeder belt; engaging tissue of the patient with the staple holder; deploying at least two staples having a first size; disengaging tissue of the patient from the staple holder; once again engaging tissue of the patient with the same staple holder; and deploying at least two staples having a second size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventor: Bryan D. Knodel
  • Electrosurgical instrument with clamping pressure control for electrode branches
    Patent number: 10398496
    Abstract: A surgical instrument in HF design includes two tissue branches, at least one of the tissue branches being movable relative to the other tissue branch and being able to be applied to the other tissue branch with a predetermined or predeterminable contact pressure via an actuation mechanism while clamping body tissue between the tissue branches. A clamping pressure controlling or adjustment device is interconnected in a force or torque gear train between the actuation mechanism and the at least one movable tissue branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Christoph Rothweiler, Nikolaus Hafner, Eugen Herner, Patrick Heizmann
  • Surgical clip applicator
    Patent number: 10390830
    Abstract: A surgical clip applicator includes a universal handgrip and an individual clip magazine having an integrated crimping head, which individual clip magazine can be detachably fastened to the universal handgrip. The universal handgrip and the individual clip magazine fastened thereto interact to form a feed path for the clip transport of individual clips from a clip receiving portion of the clip magazine toward the crimping head, which feed path is defined or individually available for actuation. The individual clip magazine can be selected from a plurality of clip magazines for different clip types as needed. The clip magazine can include an integrated coding mechanism designed depending on the clip type to be applied, which coding mechanism defines in interaction with the universal handgrip at least the feed path adapted to the respective clip type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventor: Peter Schulz
  • Medical camera device
    Patent number: D867590
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Bertold Engler, Bram van Krieken