Patent ID: 8907238
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: A61B,H01H

Abstract:
1. A push button for a medical manipulating part, said push button comprising: a first housing piece comprising a wall of conductive material and a floor beaten out in the shape of a spherical segment that functions as a switching spring, the floor beaten out when the push button is not being operated, a second housing piece, the shape of which mates with the wall of the first housing piece and is inserted therein in a hermetically sealed manner such that a hollow space is formed between the first and second housing pieces underneath the switching spring, and at least one mating contact for the switching spring contact for the switching spring, said mating contact being hermetically sealed and electrically isolated relative to the first housing piece, being led through the second housing piece and extending into the hollow space underneath the switching spring, wherein the second housing piece comprises a glass ring surrounding the at least one mating contact, the at least one mating contact being melt-sealed into the glass ring.