Patent ID: 11931121
Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A hinge joint capable of being 3D printed in a printed configuration and used in a deployed configuration comprises:
an inner hinge member comprising:
a follower component comprising a top portion and a bottom portion, and
a plurality of splines spaced unevenly around the top portion and the bottom portion of the follower component;

an outer hinge member comprising:
a top base component comprising a first set of grooves distributed around an interior portion of the top base component, and
a bottom base component comprising a second set of grooves distributed around an interior portion of the bottom base component; and

wherein the follower component interconnects with the outer hinge member between the top base component and the bottom base component when in the printed configuration or the deployed configuration, and
wherein the first set of grooves and the second set of grooves are spaced such that (a) the splines align with the grooves when the hinge joint is in the printed configuration and (b) the splines do not align with the grooves when the hinge joint is in the deployed configuration.