Patent ID: 9387003
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A handling device for a micro-invasive surgical instrument comprising: a shaft coupling for detachably coupling a proximal end of a shaft to said handling device; a rod coupling adapted to slide in said handling device between a rod assembly position and a range of rod working positions for detachably coupling a non-rotation-symmetrical proximal end of a transmission rod, which is disposed in a predetermined orientation, to said handling device, said rod coupling being rotatable to transmit torque to said non-rotation-symmetrical proximal end of said transmission rod, said transmission rod being disposed in said shaft; and a slide bar adapted to slide inside said handling device between a distal assembly position and a proximal working position, said slide bar automatically orienting said non-rotation-symmetrical proximal end of said transmission rod into said predetermined orientation upon receiving said non-rotation-symmetrical proximal end of said transmission rod; wherein said shaft coupling is configured to block said proximal end of said shaft in a predetermined position in which the proximal end of said shaft holds said rod coupling in said range of rod working positions; wherein said proximal end of said shaft being blocked in said shaft coupling holds said slide bar in said proximal working position.