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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152794 | Endoscopic instrument An endoscopic instrument includes a shank (2) having at least one guide channel (4, 4′) for a laser probe (8), and a flexible narrowing provided in a section of the guide channel (4) connecting to its distal end. The flexible narrowing ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8128650 | Medical instrument A medical instrument has a handle arranged at the proximal end, a shank extending distally proceeding from the handle, and a movable jaw part arranged at the distal end of the shank. The shank is designed to be rigid and includes at least one proximal bend region an... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8118729 | Endoscopic instrument having a rotatably mounted and detachable coupling part An endoscopic instrument with a hollow shank which on the proximal side is provided with a connection part with at least one suction connection and/or rinsing connection, with a coupling part for fixing a working insert. The coupling part is mounted rotatably with r... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8114118 | Medical instrument A medical instrument has an instrument insert and an instrument handle, which are detachably connected to one another. An actuation rod of the instrument insert is releasably connectable to a movable grip of the instrument handle via a locking connection. A blocking... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8097006 | Surgical suture instrument A surgical suture instrument including a shank (2) on whose distal end a forceps jaw (4) is formed. The surgical suture instrument comprises a needle guide (30) through the forceps jaw (4). A receiver (40) for the releasable fasten... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8033987 | Medical instrument The invention relates to a medical instrument consisting of at least two instrument parts, which is provided with a coupling for releasably connecting the two instrument parts, wherein the coupling having a locking element which may be moved between a released and a... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8019405 | Device for the picture-providing diagnosis of tissue using one of at least two diagnosis modes A device for picture-providing diagnosis of tissue is selectively operated in a picture-providing white light diagnosis mode and a picture providing auto-fluorescence mode. A color camera having red, green, and blue sensors provides a monitor which picture signals. ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016751 | Optical instrument An optical instrument has an outer shank (15) with a viewing window (31) arranged near the free shank end and a handle part (1) at the other end of the outer shank. An opto-electrical a transducer (26) is rotatably arranged within the out... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7931667 | Medical instrument A medical instrument has an instrument insert (4) and an instrument handle (2) which are detachably connected to one another via a locking connection. A grip (24; 57) and a closure (26; 50) are provided for securing the locking connection... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7645235 | Method for effecting local increases in temperature inside materials, particularly body tissue Local tissue areas should be thermally destroyed when using ultrasound thermotherapy. Traditionally, mono-frequency continuous wave ultrasound signals are used to this end. These lead to a non-optimal distribution of heat or to a non-optimal localization of the heat... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7445624 | Endoscopic sample taker for cartilage material The sample taker comprises a hollow shank with a scoop fixedly connected at its distal end, a handling means provided at the proximal end of the 20 hollow shank and an actuation mechanism. An actuation rod is axially movable in the hollow shank and connectable to th... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7319478 | Solid-state video camera and method for brightness control A solid-state video camera is equipped with pixel addition logic such that, if the measured object brightness falls below a certain threshold value, a brightening of the image is effected without increasing the noise component accepting a loss in real-time represent... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7204836 | Instrument for minimal invasive surgery A medical forceps has a forceps shank and a forceps jaw which comprises at least one movable jaw part, wherein the jaw part has a curved linkage arm at its proximal end. The linkage arm is movably guided in a curved guide path of an insert which is inserted into at ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7186261 | Medical forceps A medical forceps is provided with a tubular outer shank, on whose distal end there is formed a forceps jaw with two jaw parts. The two jaw parts are each rotatably mounted on the outer shank at two sides opposite one another. A tubular inner shank for actuating the... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7066881 | Spreading laryngoscope A spreading laryngoscope is provided with two spatulas able to be moved apart, wherein on at least on of the two spatulas on each longitudinal side there is formed at least one projecting tab. The at least one tab on each side proceeds from the longitudinal side of ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7025720 | Hysteroscope with a shank exchange system An endoscope has an optics housing provided at a proximal end, with an outer shank releasably connected to the optics housing, and with an inner shank which is arranged inside and parallel to the outer shank and is releasably connected to the optics housing. A corre... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6970620 | Waveguide for receiving and/or radiating electromagnetic radiation In the region of a distal end at its circumference the waveguide is formed transparent to the radiation which impinges onto the surface of the waveguide at suitable angles, and in the region of the distal end in the inside of the waveguide there are arranged scatter... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6947091 | Focussing and focal length adjusting device for a video camera A focussing and focal length adjusting device for an optical lens system in the camera head of an endoscope. This device includes a focussing device which has several piezoelectric bending actuators attached along and symmetrically to the optical axis of the focussi... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6918916 | Target apparatus The target apparatus for positioning a drilling tool with respect to a drilling channel to be created in a bone consists of a target hook and a guide arm which is releasably connected to this and on which there is arranged a receiver for the drilling tool, and a gui... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6908429 | Suction valve for a medical instrument A suction valve for an instrument includes a valve insert secured in a valve housing. A first sleeve connects the interior of the valve housing to a first suction channel of the instrument; and a sealing membrane seals a first portion of the interior of the valve ho... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6830574 | Surgical instrument for applying implants The instrument serves for the application in particular of bone grafts in the space between two vertebrae and includes a shank, a handle, and a holder for the implant, which forms the distal instrument part. The holder is pivotably mounted relative to the shank and ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6824544 | Resectoscope In the inside of an outer shank there are formed a supply channel and a discharge channel which extend parallel to the outer shank. The suction channel has a larger cross section than the supply channel. ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6814745 | Surgical instrument with adjustable tool for gripping, holding or cutting body tissue or the like A surgical instrument has a tool located at the distal instrument end, a stationary first grip part at the proximal instrument end, a second grip part adjustable in an axially guided manner in the form of a reel, and an actuation element for the tool. The actuation ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6752823 | Surgical forceps A surgical forceps includes a forceps jaw, with a handle consisting of two grip parts with which the one first grip part is connected to a forceps housing and the other second grip part is pivotable for opening and closing the jaw mouth, with an adjustment rod which... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6726904 | Method for transmitting acoustic waves The invention relates to the use of a gel mass based on reaction products of polyols and polyisocyanates, wherein the polyol component consists of one or more polyols with hydroxyl numbers below 112 and where appropriate other polyols and additives known from polyol... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6723125 | Device for conditioning a ligament to be implanted The device for conditioning an organic ligament to be implanted, in particular a ligament as a cruciate ligament replacement, is equipped with first and second receiving elements for receiving and tensioning the ligament at two spaced locations. The first receiving ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6709445 | Forceps for dissecting free tissue in body cavities A forceps serves in particular for excising myomas located intramurally in the uterus and including a forceps jaw having two branches which are pivotable about a common axis in a working plane for opening and closing the forceps jaw and which bear against one anothe... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6682477 | Hysteroscope A hysteroscope for carrying out endoscopic operations in the uterus by way of an auxiliary instrument, consists of an inner shank and an outer shank surrounding the inner shank whilst forming a longitudinal channel, of a first fitting for supplying rinsin... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6623502 | Guide rod for tube shank instruments to be introduced into a body cavity The invention relates to a guide rod for tube shank instruments to be introduced into a body cavity which is characterised by at least two telescopic rod parts, whose ends which neighbor given the largest possible rod length, are releasably lockable with ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6581117 | Device and a method for the automatic control and administration of medical apparatus and installations The automatic control and administration of program-controlled endoscopic apparatuses allocated to an operation within an operating theater belonging to a clinic region and connected amongst one another by way of a CAN-bus using the standardized layer-sev... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6565587 | Cutter for removing tissue A cutter for removing tissue has a cutter head, a cutter shank which carries the cutter head and to which the cutter head is connected in a rotationally fixed manner, and a drive driving the cutter shank. For adjustability of the effectiveness of the cutt... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6533738 | Therapy apparatus for the shock wave treatment of a patient Disclosed is an apparatus which comprises a main housing with a shock wave generator and with a coupling membrane and a receiving space arranged therebetween for a coupling fluid which can be controlled with respect to quantity. The receiving space commun... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6490085 | Symmetric anastigmatic endoscope relay system A symmetric relay system for endoscopes includes an optically-aligned pair of elongated concavo-convex rod-type lenses formed from crown glass, to the convex end surface of each of which a meniscus-shaped flint lens is cemented. The concave ends of the ro... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6482219 | Stricture scalpel The stricture scalpel serves for endoscopic use and consists of a blade with a cutter and a stem which is inserted into the distal end of a shank and here is unreleasably connected to this. The shank consists of stainless steel and the blade of a ceramic ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6482205 | Bipolar forceps The forceps serves for coagulating and severing the body tissue of a patient by way of a forceps jaw which consists of two jaw parts, is actuatable with a proximate handle for opening and closing and is located at the distal forceps end, wherein on the di... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6471662 | Acoustic therapy apparatus An acoustic therapy device is provided including a housing, an electro-acoustic transducer, a coupling element and coupling cushions. The electro-acoustic transducer is arranged in the housing which includes a shell. The coupling element has a coupling su... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6463496 | Interface for an I2C bus The interface circuit serves for connecting two apparatus by way of a bidirectional bus which comprises a data lead for transmitting data and a cycle lead for transmitting a cycle signal. The interface circuit consists of a circuit arrangement provided at... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6458077 | Medical instrument, in particular a rectoscope The instrument has a working insert which may be inserted into a coupling housing sitting on the proximal side on an instrument shank and is releasably connectable to said housing and which includes a seal, carried by a carrier, which has at least one ela... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6447509 | Transurethral dissection electrode The transurethral dissection electrode has a shank and an electrode head located at the distal shank end. The electrode head essentially consists of at least one distally tapering truncated cone body with two oppositely lying flattenings.... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6391000 | Means for supplying a medical instrument with rinsing fluid With this device the rinsing fluid is located in a container which may be set under pressure with a gas and into which pressurised gas via a cannula may be introduced and from which rinsing fluid may be removed via another cannula. The respective filled c... | 05/21/2002 |
