Abstract: Medical scissors have handle parts and blades and are characterized in that they are coated, at least in the area of the blades, with an amorphous thin layer containing silicon, carbon and hydrogen, where the proportion of silicon is up to 100% atom parts in the boundary layer to the metallic body of the scissors, and up to 30% atom parts in the area of the outer surface of the layer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 18, 1999
Date of Patent:
August 27, 2002
Inventors:
Gottfried Hipp, Bernhard Schröder, Michael Sellschopp, Günter Durst