Method for supplementing a component of a medical instrument

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PATENT NO 12103206
APP PUB NO 20220332021A1
SERIAL NO

17723141

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A method for supplementing a shaft tube and an assembly of a medical instrument with a plastic component comprises a step of providing a shaft tube with a distal end; a step of mechanically connecting an assembly to the distal end of the shaft tube by way of a connecting device; a step of inserting the shaft tube with the assembly into a casting mold and closing the casting mold, a predetermined region of the outer surface of the assembly contacting a mold surface of the casting mold; a step of supplying a liquid plastic into the casting mold, the liquid plastic wetting the distal end of the shaft tube and the outer surface of the assembly; and a step of solidifying the liquid plastic, the solidified plastic forming the plastic component and creating a further mechanical connection of the assembly to the end of the shaft tube.

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KARL STORZ SE & CO KG78532 TUTTLINGEN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hedemann, Lars Tuttlingen, DE 4 0
Heni, Andreas Tuttlingen, DE 34 118
Kupferschmid, Markus Tuttlingen, DE 39 329

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