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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5046845 | Technoscope for checking damage to surfaces A technoscope for checking for damage, especially a crack, in a surface of a cavity in a technical component, is arranged not only to establish the area of damage but also to measure the depth of a damaged area. To this end, the technoscope has a measurin... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5047012 | Motorized syringe with multiple port manifold Apparatus for introducing fluids into, and withdrawing fluids from, a hollow organ of the body, in particular a galibladder, for conducting litholysis, comprises a piston-type injection device having a multi-directional valve and which can be removably in... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5020893 | Biconvex rod lens A biconvex rod lens for the optics assembly of a medical or technical endoscope comprises of a light transmitting rod and a correcting lens cemented to one end of the rod. The rod is provided with at least one cylindrical collar which is of greater diamet... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5013294 | Insufflation device for endoscopic intervention An insufflation device for filling a body cavity, such as an abdominal cavity, with a gas from a gas bottle via an expansion valve and a feed pipe leading to the body cavity characterized by the feed pipe being formed along in length by two channels with ... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5005579 | Apparatus for spatial location and destruction of objects inside the body by means of ultrasound Apparatus for spatial location and destruction of an object inside a patient's body by means of ultrasound transmitted to the patient's body via a coupling fluid, the apparatus comprises a focusing transducer for generating the ultrasound piezoelectricall... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4995877 | Device with a rotationally-driven surgical instrument The device comprises a rotationally driven surgical instrument incorporating a hand-held element having a mount rotatably installed therein for reception of interchangeable cutting and milling inserts, a driving motor for driving the mount receiving the t... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4994024 | Arthroscopy hook-clippers Arthroscopy hook-clippers comprise a circular cross-section outer shaft having at a distal end thereof a fixed jaw and a movable jaw pivoted to the fixed jaw. Within the shaft are a thrust rod which is movable axially thereof to pivot the movable jaw with... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4966578 | Apparatus for the insufflation of gas into a body cavity In an apparatus for the insufflation of gas into a body cavity the dynamic pressure of the gas flow conducted to the body cavity and the static intra-abdominal pressure in the body cavity are detected with at least one measuring transducer. The electrical... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4944093 | Forceps with shearing jaws A forceps and in particular hooked shears, has a distal extremity of the forceps shaft provided with a recess of the one fixed branch of the forceps jaws, with which branch there co-operates a double-armed pivotally displaceable jaw branch by means of a s... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4919621 | Plug and socket type connector for connecting an endoscope to supply units A plug and socket type connector for connecting an endoscope to supply units such as light projectors, pumps and electrical generators, comprises a casing incorporating connections which may be coupled to corresponding connections of the supply unit or un... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4903133 | Ocular attachment for an endoscope An ocular attachment for an endoscope, in which the endoscopic image may be split into two images in each case by several adjacently positioned beam splitter elements which are displaceable transversely to the image axis, to which end, the one image may b... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4899730 | Holder for medical instruments A holder for medical instruments comprises a holding element fastenable on to the body of a patient, for example in the form of a strap or a hoop, on which is fixedly mounted at least one rigid rail which carries mountings for endoscopes and/or auxiliary ... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4898157 | Instrument for holding surgical needles An instrument for holding surgical needles comprises a pair of forceps having forceps jaws at a distal end of the instrument and having a pair of hand grips for operating a movable jaw of the forceps by way of a push and pull rod. The movable jaw is relea... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4881523 | Endoscope An endoscope for endonasal surgery in particular, comprises a suction and flushing shaft accommodating an optical system and having a suction channel and a flushing channel. A switching valve is accommodated in a handle of the endoscope, for connecting th... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881524 | Instsrument for guiding a laser light transmitting fiber An instrument for guiding a laser light transmitting fiber in intra-abdominal endoscopic work, comprises a shaft to the distal end of which is pivoted a fiber guide for deflecting the distal end of a fiber emerging from the distal end of the shaft. The sh... | 11/21/1989 |
