| OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH Patent applications |
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| 20120127567 | OBJECTIVE WITH TWO VIEWING DIRECTIONS FOR AN ENDOSCOPE - The invention pertains to an objective with two viewing directions for an endoscope, with a first distal objective part aligned with its axis in the first viewing direction, a second objective part aligned with its axis in the second viewing direction, and with a proximal objective part directed with its axis on an image sensor or an image guide, as well as a switching device having a prism for switchably deflecting the light path from the first or second distal objective part into the proximal objective part, wherein the switching device includes a ray switching device that can be brought mechanically into the light path. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120101484 | SURGICAL JAW INSTRUMENT HAVING A SLIDE SYSTEM - A surgical jaw instrument having two jaw pieces mounted at the distal end section of a shaft for relative reciprocal displacement, whereby at each displaced jaw piece a sliding rod is fastened at an incline to the axis of the shaft, to which a displaceable sliding element can be connected parallel to the axis of the shaft in such a way that upon displacement of the sliding element, the jaw pieces are relatively reciprocally displaced wherein a second sliding element is mounted at the first sliding element, diametrically opposed relative to the sliding rod. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120029287 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - The invention relates to a surgical instrument ( | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120007550 | AUTOCLAVABLE CHARGING DEVICE FOR A RECHARGEABLE ENERGY STORE OF A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - The invention relates to an autoclavable charging device ( | 01-12-2012 |
| 20110296909 | DEVICE FOR AN ENDOSCOPE WASHING MACHINE - The invention relates to a test device for testing the inspection device of a washing machine for endoscopes, the inspection device including a connection that can be sealingly connected to an opening of an endoscope and feeding a fluid under pressure, said connector having a flow meter and/or a pressure transducer and the test device comprising at least one test chamber that can be sealingly connected to the connector by means of a test opening, wherein the test chamber is designed to be adjustable. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110230867 | LAPAROSCOPIC NEEDLE HOLDER - A laparoscopic needle holder includes a shaft embodied as a tube, at the distal end of which clamping jaws are arranged. The clamping jaws can be actuated by a rod running through the shaft, the rod is longitudinally displaceable by a handle arranged on the proximal end of the shaft. The laparoscopic needle holder is characterized in that the shaft has a straight proximal shaft section and a curved distal shaft section, and the two sections are detachably attached to one another. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110230713 | LAPAROSCOPE WITH ADJUSTABLE SHAFT - A laparoscope with an elongated rigid shaft, including an observation device at its distal end and a handle body at its proximal end, with a main body disposed at a distance from the handle body and connected thereto by a connecting piece, wherein the connecting piece is designed such that the position thereof can be adjusted. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110164127 | METHOD AND ENDOSCOPE FOR IMPROVING ENDOSCOPE IMAGES - A method for improving endoscope images of, in part, fluorescent tissue regions which are illuminated with background light, which images are recorded by a color video camera wherein the color pixels from the endoscope images are transformed from the color space of the video camera (3) into a color space in which a straight line which passes through the color space region of the fluorescent light and the color space region of the background light runs parallel to a coordinate axis describing the fluorescent component of the pixels, and in that, in this color space, the fluorescent component of the pixels is changed by a non-linear characteristic which at least in regions increases the fluorescent contrast, namely the difference between higher fluorescent values and lower fluorescent values, and in that, finally, the pixels are transformed into a color space suitable for imaging. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110126868 | METHOD FOR TESTING THE PATENCY OF AN ENDOSCOPIC CHANNEL AND AN ENDOSCOPE WASHING MACHINE FOR SAME - A method for testing the patency of an endoscopic channel in an endoscope washing machine. In the method, the entrance of the channel is pressurized and then blocked, whereupon the pressure change at the entrance is measured. Where the channel is pressurized using a sequence of pressure pulses, and the maximum and minimum values thereof are determined. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110004055 | UROLOGICAL RESECTOSCOPE FITTED WITH AN INSULATING ELEMENT AT ITS EXTERNAL STEM - A urological resectoscope ( | 01-06-2011 |
| 20100202920 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR WASHING AND/OR DISINFECTING MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS - A method for washing and/or disinfecting medical instruments is provided. The method including: extracting a sample of an agent used in the washing, disinfecting and/or rinsing of the medical instruments in a machine used for the washing, disinfecting and/or rinsing and prior to the washing, disinfecting and/or rinsing with the agent; and subjecting the sample to chemical and/or biological testing in the machine used for the washing, disinfecting and/or rinsing and prior to the washing, disinfecting and/or rinsing with the agent. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100016671 | ENDOSCOPE WITH RESISTANCE HEATER - A medical endoscope and insertion portion for a medical endoscope having a fiber tube that encloses an image guide and is surrounded by optical fibers, the distal opening of said fiber tube being sealed by a window, which is heated by an electric resistance heater located close by, wherein the heater is designed as heating foil arranged on the outer surface of the fiber tube. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100010313 | MEDICAL ENDOSCOPE WITH HEATED WINDOW - A medical endoscope ( | 01-14-2010 |
| 20090125021 | SURGICAL VAPORIZATION ELECTRODE WITH AN ELECTRODE HEAD - A surgical vaporization electrode ( | 05-14-2009 |
| 20080284845 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PROCESS ENDOSCOPE IMAGES - The invention relates to a method improving the images in an image processing unit ( | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080275441 | JAWED SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FITTED WITH AN ELECTRODE AND A CABLE - A jawed surgical instrument fitted at the distal end of a jaw head which is affixed at the distal end of a longitudinally elongated stem and which supports two mutually oppositely displaceable jaw parts, said jaw head being connectable by means of an actuation bar to one of two drive elements of a manipulating unit that are mutually oppositely displaceable in the stem direction, the other of said drive elements being connected to the stem, said jaw head comprising at least one electrode designed for tissue surgery and being electrically connected by means of the actuation bar to a cable issuing from said bar, the actuation bar and the jaw head being detachably connected to the manipulating unit characterized in that the actuation bar and the jaw head are detachably connected transversely to the stem direction or in the proximal direction parallel to the stem to the manipulating unit, and in that the electric cable is firmly affixed to the actuation bar. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080239480 | Endoscope Relay Lens - A relay set ( | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080231949 | Relay Set for a Rigid Endoscope - A relay set ( | 09-25-2008 |
