Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080221606 | Surgical bone punch - In a surgical bone punch having a stationary shaft joined to a handgrip, a slide shaft mounted for longitudinal displacement on this stationary shaft, and a motorized drive in the handgrip for displacement of the slide shaft from a proximal inoperative position to a distal operative position with a preset forward displacement force, in order to control the effective forward displacement force of the slide shaft, it is proposed that the slide shaft carry a stop, which, during displacement of the slide shaft to the operative position, strikes an elastic spring element, which is supported on the stationary shaft, and, during displacement of the slide shaft, counteracts the forward displacement force of the drive. | 09-11-2008 |
20080230421 | Surgical data carrier - The invention relates to a surgical data carrier for the identification of a medical implant, in particular, a surgical plate for the fixing of bones or bone fragments, comprising a carrier element and a connecting device which has a receptacle for the insertion of at least part of the implant. In order to make such a surgical data carrier available which has an improved handling capability, it is suggested according to the invention that the connecting device be designed in such a manner that it can be transferred from a connecting position, in which the implant is held in the receptacle, into a release position, in which the data carrier can be detached from the implant, without any forces acting on the implant. In addition, the invention relates to a surgical implantation system as well as an identification system for identifying and handling a medical implant. | 09-25-2008 |
20080230422 | Surgical data carrier - The invention relates to a surgical data carrier for the identification of a medical implant, in particular, a surgical plate for the fixing of bones or bone fragments, wherein the data carrier has a carrier element and a connecting device which comprises a receptacle for the insertion of at least part of the implant. In order to make such a surgical data carrier available which has an improved handling capability, it is suggested in accordance with the invention that the data carrier have an actuating device which can be actuated by a user and with which the connecting device can be transferred from a connecting position, in which the implant is held in the receptacle, into a release position, in which the data carrier can be detached from the implant. The invention relates, in addition, to a surgical implantation system. | 09-25-2008 |
20090112246 | Surgical Instrument - In order to improve a surgical instrument comprising a clamping device for holding and/or clamping tissue, a severing device for severing tissue and a handling device for actuating the clamping device and/or the severing device, the clamping device comprising at least one clamping member having a clamping surface and a clamping member opening, and the severing device comprising a severing member movable at least partially into the clamping member opening, so that short circuits can be reliably prevented between the at least one clamping member and the severing member, it is proposed that a severing member guide device be provided for guiding the severing member in the clamping member opening and for maintaining a spacing from inner side surfaces of the clamping member opening. | 04-30-2009 |
20090234358 | Sternum closure device - In a sternum closure device for fixing two sternum portions to be connected to one another, comprising an inner contact element for abutment on the inner surface of the sternum, at least one clamping element fixed to this contact element and projecting transversely from it and at least one outer contact element for abutment on the outer side of the sternum which can be clamped against the inner contact element by means of the clamping element guided through the intermediate space between the sternum portions, it is suggested in order to hinder the separation of the sternum as little as possible during any renewed operation that the inner contact element consist of two parts which are separate from one another and each of which is designed to abut on one of the two sternum portions and that connecting means be provided for the releasable connection of the two parts arranged next to one another. | 09-17-2009 |
20090292319 | IMPLANT FOR FIXING BONE PLATES - An implant is provided for fixing neighboring bone plates of the cranial bone in a simple and reliable manner. The implant comprises an outer bearing element for covering a spacing gap between the bone plates, which sits on outer surfaces of the bone plates. The outer bearing element has a first pair of outer openings and a first pair of inner openings. An inner bearing element is provided for covering the spacing gap between the bone plates, which sits on inner surfaces of the bone plates. The inner bearing element has a second pair of outer openings and a second pair of inner openings. A tensioning element is provided which is threaded through the openings of the outer and inner bearing elements in a displaceable manner, such that, when tensioned, the tensioning element draws the inner bearing element and the outer bearing element together. | 11-26-2009 |
20100094362 | Surgical instrument for tensioning plate-shaped engaging elements with respect to each other - In a surgical instrument for tensioning two plate-shaped engaging elements with respect to each other at opposite sides of bone portions, a first engaging element carrying next to each other at a spacing from each other two pin-shaped or rod-shaped connecting members which pass through openings in the second engaging element, with a supporting surface for engagement on the side of the second engaging element that faces away from the first engaging element, and with a tensioning device engaging the connecting members for displacement of the connecting members and consequently of the first engaging element in the direction towards the second engaging element, to enable an individual adjustment of the engaging elements to the shape of the bone portions, it is proposed that the surgical instrument comprise next to each other two grip elements, each releasably connectable to a connecting member, and that the tensioning device engage the grip elements through a compensating element which, upon tensioning of the tensioning device, allows a differently sized displacement of the two grip elements and consequently of the two connecting members. | 04-15-2010 |
20100243840 | Surgical holding arm and surgical holding device - A surgical holding arm has a plurality of holding arm members which are coupled to one another and a tensioning device for tensioning the holding arm members against one another. The tensioning device is designed in such a manner that the holding arm can be brought from an operative position, in which the holding arm members are tensioned against one another so as to be immovable, into an adjusting position, in which the holding arm members can be moved relative to one another. The holding arm can be brought, in addition, into a cleaning position, in which adjacent holding arm members can be moved away from one another further than in the adjusting position. | 09-30-2010 |
20100268036 | Surgical retraction device - The invention relates to a surgical retraction device which comprises at least two support arms which are moveable relative to each other and are held directly or indirectly upon one another and upon which at least one surgical restraining element for restraining bones or body tissue is or can be arranged, and which also comprises a support arm positioning mechanism for moving and changing a position of the at least two support arms relative to each other, it is proposed that the support arm positioning mechanism should comprise a coarse adjustment mechanism and at least one fine adjustment mechanism with which a position of the at least two support arms relative to each other can be changed mutually independently. | 10-21-2010 |
20100274262 | Surgical instrument for applying ligating clips - In a surgical instrument for applying C-shaped ligating clips having two juxtaposed legs which are joined to each other by a bridge portion and are each divided by a longitudinal slot into two juxtaposed portions joined to each other at the free end of the legs, the surgical instrument comprising two juxtaposed clamping jaws with guiding surfaces facing each other for the legs of a ligating clip that lie against the guiding surfaces when the ligating clip is inserted between the clamping jaws, in order to improve the positioning of the ligating clip between the clamping jaws, it is proposed that there be arranged on at least one of the guiding surfaces of the clamping jaws an inwardly protruding projection which, when the ligating clip is advanced along the guiding surfaces, elastically enters the longitudinal slot of the ligating clip. | 10-28-2010 |
20100274264 | Surgical instrument for the placement of ligature clips - In a surgical instrument for placement of C-shaped ligature clips having two legs running next to one another and connected to one another by means of a bridge-section, with two clamping jaws movable relative to one another, with a supply guide means, along which the ligature clip can be pushed onto the clamping jaws with the free ends of the legs first, with a clamping jaw guide means, which adjoins the supply guide means and in which the ligature clip can be inserted between the clamping jaws, and with a feeding means for advancing a ligature clip out of the supply guide means into the clamping jaw guide means and into an end position between the clamping jaws, in order to improve the guidance of the ligature clips during transfer from the supply guide means into the clamping jaw guide means, it is proposed that the feeding means comprises a feed element, which can be placed against the ligature clip to be fed and is guided in a longitudinal guide means running along its feed path in the transition region from the supply guide means into the clamping jaw guide means. | 10-28-2010 |
20110022062 | Application instrument for an aneurysm clip - In order, in an application instrument for an aneurysm clip comprising two clamping jaws, which are movable relative to one another and between them accommodate the aneurysm clip, as well as actuating elements for moving the clamping jaws towards and away from one another and thereby for opening and closing the aneurysm clip, to assist the surgeon with the controlled closing movement of the aneurysm clip, it is proposed that the application instrument comprises a damping element, which during closing of the aneurysm clip imposes a retarded mutual movement of the clamping jaws. | 01-27-2011 |
20110087244 | Surgical clip cartridge and housing member for use therein - In order to improve the fixing of the surgical clips in the housing member in a surgical clip cartridge with a housing member and with a plurality of C-shaped surgical clips stored therein, having two limbs connected to one another by a web, the housing member comprising a plurality of compartments each to receive a surgical clip, with a support face adapted to the contour of the surgical clip in each compartment, against which support face a respective surgical clip abuts with its inner face, with holding members arranged on the housing member, which can be pivoted from a holding position into a release position and, in the holding position, fix the surgical clip in its compartment and, in the release position, are removed from the surgical clip, it is proposed that openings are provided in the limbs, in which the holding members engage in the holding position. | 04-14-2011 |
20110152861 | Surgical System For Connecting Body Tissue - In order to so improve a surgical system for connecting body tissue, comprising a surgical instrument having two tool elements movable relative to each other, each of which comprises a high-frequency electrode, the high-frequency electrodes, in an approach position of the tool elements, defining a minimum distance from each other, lying opposite each other and facing each other, that an overstretching of connections of parts of body tissue, in particular, made by a flow of current, is avoided when removing the surgical instrument, it is proposed that the instrument comprise a shaft at the distal end of which at least a first one of the tool elements is arranged or formed, and that a second tool element be adapted to be moved from an operating position, in which it is adapted for movement into the approach position, into a removal position and/or vice versa, a surface area of a perpendicular projection of the second tool element onto a projection plane extending perpendicularly to the shaft direction in the region of the second tool element being smaller in the removal position than in the operating position. | 06-23-2011 |
20110224654 | Surgical Instrument - In order to further develop a surgical instrument with an energy-driven operating device, an energy storage device as well as a control device for driving the operating device as required and supplying it with energy from the energy storage device such that an optimum utilization of the capacity of the energy storage device is achieved without any risk for the surgeon or the patient, in particular in view of the different energy requirements of the individual operating processes, it is suggested that when a predetermined state of residual charge of the energy storage device is reached and/or it is fallen below for the first time the control device make its residual charge available for returning the tool into a rest position. | 09-15-2011 |
20110306979 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - The invention relates to a surgical instrument comprising a handling part and a tool part that encompasses at least one movably mounted tool which is actuated via a force-transmitting and/or actuating mechanism. Said force-transmitting and/or actuating mechanism is operated from the handling part and is provided with a fluid-operated drive unit. In order to improve said surgical instrument such that the same can be operated with as much sensitivity as possible, the movably mounted tool can be impinged upon a first acutation force in a first driven position while being impinged upon by at least one second actuation force in a least one second driven position with the aid of the drive unit. | 12-15-2011 |
20120004685 | Surgical Instrument - In a surgical instrument with two legs movable relative to each other, a tip inserted in a receiving space at the distal end of the leg being exchangeably held at the free end of the legs, with a fixing device for releasable fixation to the leg, the fixing device comprising on one of the two parts two locking arms which are arranged next to each other and are elastically bendable apart, and comprising on the other one of the two parts a locking projection extending into the leg transversely to the direction of insertion of the tip, the locking projection, when inserting the tip into the receiving space of the leg, engaging between the two locking arms, bending these elastically apart, and at the end of the inserting movement, entering a recess on the inner side of the locking arms, so that the locking arms approach each other again after they have been elastically bent apart, in order to simplify the structure and, in particular, to reduce soiling and risk of injury, it is proposed that the receiving space widen in the proximal direction from its insertion end. | 01-05-2012 |
20120016401 | SURGICAL SLIDING SHAFT INSTRUMENT AND SLIDING SHAFT - In order to improve a sliding shaft for a surgical sliding shaft instrument, wherein the sliding shaft comprises a first shaft part and a second shaft part which are arranged such as to be displaceable relative to each other and also a guidance device for guiding a movement of the second shaft part relative to the first shaft part, wherein said first shaft part carries a first tool element and said second shaft part carries a second tool element, wherein said first and second tool elements cooperate and/or abut each other in a working position and are spaced from each other in a position that is deflected from the working position or are spaced further from each other than in the working position, wherein the guidance device comprises at least one first guide element which is arranged on the first shaft part and at least one second guide element which cooperates with the at least one first guide element and is arranged on the second shaft part, wherein said guide elements interlock in shape-fitting manner for guiding a movement of the second shaft part relative to the first shaft part, so that first and second shaft parts are replaceable as required, for the purposes of forming said shaft parts there is proposed a tolerance compensating device for compensating for the manufacturing tolerances of the cooperating guide elements. | 01-19-2012 |
20120016402 | SURGICAL SLIDING SHAFT INSTRUMENT AND SLIDING SHAFT - In order to improve a sliding shaft for a surgical sliding shaft instrument, wherein the sliding shaft defines a longitudinal direction and comprises a first shaft part and a second shaft part which are arranged such that they are displaceable relative to each other, wherein said first shaft part carries a first tool element and said second shaft part carries a second tool element, wherein the second shaft part has a cut material collector with an inlet opening which is bounded by the second tool part and extends therefrom in the proximal direction, such that the cut material collector can be emptied in a simple and rapid manner, it is proposed that the cut material collector should have at least one emptying opening which is formed on the proximal side of the inlet opening and that the at least one emptying opening should be open in a lateral emptying direction which is oriented perpendicularly or substantially perpendicularly with respect to the longitudinal direction and parallel or substantially parallel to a contact plane defined by a lower surface of the second shaft part. | 01-19-2012 |
20120101536 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - A bone plate fixing device comprises a first bone contacting element with a rod-shaped connecting member and a second bone contacting element displaceable on the connecting member. The connecting member has a first portion with a first diameter and a second portion comprising a protruding projection, the protruding projection being located towards a proximal end of the connecting member and having a second diameter that is greater than the first diameter. The protruding projection may comprise at least two teeth. The depth of the at least two teeth may be less than half the difference between the first diameter and the second diameter. | 04-26-2012 |
20120296336 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - A surgical instrument for removing bone, cartilage, or similar tissue is described. The surgical instrument has a shaft that extends in a longitudinal direction and supports a cutting plate which is inclined perpendicular or relative to the longitudinal direction, and a cutting element which is movably mounted on the shaft and supports a blade at the distal end in which the blade is pointing in the direction of the cutting plate and being advanced to the cutting plate in order to cut tissue. | 11-22-2012 |
20120323234 | SURGICAL SYSTEM AND CONTROL PROCESS FOR A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND PROCESS FOR CONNECTING BODILY TISSUES - The invention relates to improving a surgical system for connecting bodily tissues, comprising a surgical instrument having two tool elements displaceable relative to each other, each comprising an HF electrode defining a minimum distance from each other, opposite each other, and facing one another in an approach setting of the tool elements, wherein in order for simple and secure connecting of the tissue parts to be connected to each other, the invention proposes that at least one of the HF electrodes is divided into at least two electrode segments and that the at least two electrode segments are electrically insulated from each other. | 12-20-2012 |
20130035683 | SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING BODILY TISSUE AND PROCESS FOR CUTTING PROTRUDING TISSUE - The invention relates to improving a surgical system for bonding bodily tissue, comprising a surgical instrument having a bonding device for bonding bodily tissue, said bonding device comprising two tool elements displaceable relative to each other, wherein the instrument comprises a cutting device having a cutting element for cutting through tissue, and the cutting element is displaceably disposed relative to at least one of the tool elements, such that the cutting device is implemented in the form of an HF cutting device, wherein the cutting element comprises a cutting edge defining a cutting plane at an angle relative to a longitudinal axis defined by the instrument in the region of the bonding device. | 02-07-2013 |
20130090645 | SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING BODY TISSUE PARTS - A surgical system that connects biological tissue includes a) a surgical instrument with two tool elements movable in relation to one another and in each case including an electrode, which electrodes, in a coming-together position of the tool elements preferably define a minimum distance from one another, lie opposite one another and face one another, and b) a medically compatible material assisting connection of the tissue. | 04-11-2013 |
20130140206 | SURGICAL CLIP CARTRIDGE AND HOUSING MEMBER FOR USE THEREIN - A surgical clip cartridge is provided, having a housing member, a plurality of C-shaped surgical clips stored in the housing member, and a plurality of compartments provided on the housing member, each compartment being adapted for receiving a respective one of the surgical clips. A holding member is arranged on the housing member on opposite sides of each compartment, each of the holding members being adapted to be pivoted from a holding position into a release position and, in the holding position, the holding members on opposite sides of each compartment fix the respective surgical clip in the respective compartment and, in the release position, the holding members are removed from the respective surgical clip. A releasable, resilient latching connection is provided for fixing the holding members in the holding position relative to the housing member. | 06-06-2013 |
20130172914 | SURGICAL CLIP - A surgical clip is provided, having two clip arms and a resiliently flexible element pivotally connecting the two clip arms together. The two clip arms each have a first free end, which are held in parallel to and in contact with each other with a predetermined closing force by the flexible element in a rest position. At a second end opposite the free end, the clip arms are held connected to a wall section of the flexible element that is arranged substantially transverse to the longitudinal direction of the clip arms, extends between the second ends of the clip arms and has a first wall portion facing towards the clip arms and a second wall portion facing away from the clip arms. The flexible element is made from a plastics material by injection moulding. The first wall portion is produced with a greater shrinkage than the second wall portion. | 07-04-2013 |
20130184726 | SURGICAL CLIP - A surgical clip is provided having two clip arms and a resiliently flexible element via which the two clip arms are connected to each other. The two clip arms each have a first free end, these first free ends being held parallel to and in contact with each other with a predetermined closing force by the resiliently flexible element when the clip is in a rest position. The clip arms are held at a second end opposite the free end on the resiliently flexible element. The clip arms have between their first and second ends sections configured to cross each other. The clip arms further have stop elements configured to complement each other. The stop elements are adapted to be brought in mutual contact when the clip is transferred from the rest position to an application position in which the free ends are spaced apart from each other. | 07-18-2013 |
20130190763 | IMPLANT FOR SECURING NEIGHBORING BONE PLATES - A method for securing neighboring bone plates by an implant includes the steps of resting an inner contact element of the implant on inner faces of the bone plates, resting an outer contact element of the implant on outer faces of the bone plates, connecting the inner contact element and the outer connecting element by a flexible tensioning element, forming a knot between free strands of the tensioning element, wherein the knot is a slip knot, and pushing the knot in a recess of the outer contact element with the knot being positioned at least partially below an outer surface of the outer contact element. | 07-25-2013 |
20130245630 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - The invention relates to a surgical instrument comprising a handling part and a tool part that encompasses at least one movably mounted tool which is actuated via a force-transmitting and/or actuating mechanism. The force-transmitting and/or actuating mechanism is operated from the handling part and is provided with a fluid-operated drive unit. With the drive unit in a first driving position the movably mounted tool is subjected to a first actuating force in an actuating direction and in at least a second driving position is subjected to at least a second actuating force in the actuating direction. | 09-19-2013 |
20140005696 | SURGICAL CLIP APPLICATOR | 01-02-2014 |
20140039524 | SURGICAL CLIP APPLICATOR - A surgical clip applicator for U-shaped or V-shaped clips having two legs connected to each other by a connecting region is provided. In order to enable application and secure closure of the clips with a reduced expenditure of force, the applicator, which has a handle, an adjoining shaft and at the free end of the shaft an applying tool, which is actuatable with the handle and has two tool jaws which are transferable from an open, idle position to a closed position when actuated, is configured with receiving areas for the clip to be applied. These receiving areas each have an abutment surface for one of the legs, which extends at least over part of the length of the legs, and a recess in which the connecting region of the legs of the clip is arranged when the tool jaws are in the closed position. | 02-06-2014 |
20140052061 | CONTROL APPARATUS - A control apparatus for use in endoscopes or the like is provided which allows a user to work without fatigue. The control apparatus includes a proximal and distal end sections, each of which has an articulation zone, and a central section arranged therebetween, an outer hollow-cylindrical shaft, an inner cylindrical shaft, and a control element arranged between the shafts and having two or more force-transmitting longitudinal elements extending substantially from the proximal to the distal end section for coupling movement of the distal end section with movement of the proximal articulation section. The longitudinal elements are arranged in spaced-apart relation to one another at substantially regular angular distances which, as measured in a circumferential direction, are selected such that the longitudinal elements are guided without contact in a circumferential direction and optionally guided in contact with the outer and/or the inner shaft in a radial direction. | 02-20-2014 |
20140058388 | SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR BONDING BODY TISSUE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAID SURGICAL SYSTEM - A surgical system for bonding body tissue includes a surgical instrument having tool elements movable relative to each other, each of which includes an HF electrode defining a minimum distance from each other, being opposed to each other and facing each other in an approximating position of the tool elements so as to bond body tissue held between the tool elements, and including a cutting element for transecting and/or resecting body tissue, the cutting element being adapted to be brought from a tissue bonding position, in which body tissue can be bonded to the tool elements and in which the cutting element cannot contact body tissue, into a cutting position such that faulty operation of the system is minimized. The instrument includes a means for retaining the cutting element in the tissue bonding position. An improved control method for a surgical system for bonding body tissue is also described. | 02-27-2014 |
20140131454 | RFID TAG - An RFID tag is provided that is suitable for mounting on surgical instruments, and by means of which stable anchoring on the instrument, encapsulation of the RFID elements from the surroundings, good cleanability and improved detectability can be achieved. The RFID tag has a metal holder, a housing that is made of an electrically non-conductive or slightly conductive material, an accommodating chamber and an RFID element with an antenna. The RFID element is arranged in the accommodating chamber of the housing. The housing has a first end which is held on the metal holder. The accommodating chamber in the housing is formed to be spatially spaced apart from the first end of the housing. The RFID element is positioned in the accommodating chamber in such a way that the antenna of the RFID element is spatially arranged substantially outside of the metal holder. | 05-15-2014 |
20140144799 | STERILE CONTAINER SYSTEM COMPRISING A TRANSPORTATION SAFETY DEVICE - A sterile container system for the sterile transport and storage of medical, in particular surgical instruments and/or implants during a sterilization process, includes a closable sterile container which is formed by a lid and a trough, and at least one sieve cage which can be inserted therein, at least one fastening device being present which acts, on the one hand, on one of the medical instruments which can be inserted in the sieve cage, immobilizing the instrument on the sieve cage, and at the same time acts on the sieve cage, immobilizing the latter on the sterile container. | 05-29-2014 |
20140296650 | TELESCOPIC RETRACTOR HOLDER - The present application discloses a telescopic retractor holder comprising a telescopic rod with an inner tube, an outer tube and a locking mechanism as well as a retractor rod. Said retractor rod has at its one end a retractor mounting, which is adapted for releasably gripping a retractor, and at its other end is fastened to the telescopic rod by means of a jointed connection. The telescopic rod can be supported on an operating table and has an actuating mechanism, by which the locking mechanism can be transferred from a first position, in which the inner tube and the outer tube of the telescopic rod are held immovably in relation to one another, into a second position, in which the inner tube and the outer tube of the telescopic rod are movable in relation to one another in the longitudinal direction of the tubes. | 10-02-2014 |
20140303664 | ATRAUMATIC STERNAL PLATE - The present application relates to an atraumatic sternal plate for haemostasis for a retractor with a pressure plate and a retaining device attached to the pressure plate. The pressure plate can be attached, by means of the retaining device, to either the blades of a retractor or to a sternal half of the patient, so that the pressure plate abuts the sagittal incision surface of a sternal half when spreading the sternum of a patient by means of a retractor. | 10-09-2014 |
20140309634 | ANASTOMOSIS DEVICE WITH COLLAPSIBLE DISTAL HEAD ELEMENT - A surgical instrument for bonding body tissue includes a shank and first and second tool elements which are movable relative to each other and include a respective electrode. The electrodes define a minimum distance from each other, are opposed to each other and face each other in an approximating position of the tool elements. The first tool element is arranged or formed at the distal end of the shank, so that a mechanical load of anastomoses of body tissue parts produced by current flow is minimized when removing the surgical instrument. The second tool element is adapted to be brought from an operating position, in which it can be brought into the approximating position, into a removing position, in which a peripheral withdrawing line defined by the electrode of the second tool element is shorter than a peripheral approximating line defined by the electrode in the approximating position. | 10-16-2014 |
20140309635 | ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT - An electrosurgical instrument includes a proximal end and a distal end having a jaw member assembly at the distal end including a first jaw member and a second jaw member movable relative thereto. The jaw members can be transferred relative to each other from an opening position into a gripping position in which they are arranged to be closer to each other than in the opening position. Each jaw member has at least one electrode connectable to an electric power source and electrodes of both jaw members being adapted to interact for sealing body tissue held between the jaw members in the gripping position, actuating means for transferring the jaw members from the opening position into the gripping position and means for limiting the closing width of the jaw members, when they are transferred from the opening position into the gripping position. | 10-16-2014 |
20140312196 | STERILE INDICATOR FOR A STERILIZATION CONTAINER - A sterile display for a sterile container includes a thermally actuatable display apparatus for the display of a first and a second sterility condition of the sterile container. The display apparatus includes an adjustment mechanism having an actuator element which can be transferred, by means of external heating, from a first stress state in which the first sterility condition can be displayed, to a second stress state in which the second sterility condition can be displayed. The adjustment mechanism includes a thermo-bimetal element wherein, by means of its actuation, the actuator element of the adjustment mechanism can be transferred from the first stress state to the second stress state. | 10-23-2014 |
20140348722 | SURGICAL STERILIZING CONTAINER AND SURGICAL FLUID EXTRACTION DEVICE - A surgical sterilizing container is provided, having a bottom and a container wall. A through-opening is formed on the sterilizing container for the exchange of media. A valve device having an outlet valve is provided for opening and closing the through-opening. In order to remove fluid which has formed in the container interior while reducing the risk of germs penetrating into the container interior, the through-opening is formed in the container wall at a distance from the bottom, and the sterilizing container has a fluid lifting device for providing a fluid connection from the bottom to the outlet valve and for lifting fluid from the bottom to the outlet valve. A surgical fluid extraction device is also provided for use with a surgical sterilizing container having a container wall and a bottom. | 11-27-2014 |
20150014315 | Security Seal - The present invention discloses a security seal with a seal base with at least one locking projection and a seal head connected to the seal base with at least one blocking tab, whereby each blocking tab is movably connected to the seal head via at least one hinge element, together with a safety closure with a first closure part and a second closure part, which can be moved back and forth between an open position and a closed position relative to the first closure part, wherein the first closure part has a seating on which the seal base of a security seal can be engaged so that, when the second closure part is in the closed position, at least one blocking tab of the security seal at least partially overlaps the second closure part on the side of the second closure part opposite the first closure part, and additionally, a security container with a container tub, a lid and a safety closure, wherein either the first or second closure part is arranged on either the container tub or the lid, respectively. | 01-15-2015 |
20150018624 | SURGICAL RETRACTOR - The invention relates to a surgical retractor, particularly for the retraction of a separated sternum, with a holding device and two spreader arms, wherein the spreader arms are mounted with one end on the holding device, at a distance from each other that is adjustable in a spreading plane, and at least two retaining elements for retention of bone material, for example of the separated sternum, are arranged on each of the spreader arms. To develop this retractor for sternotomy in such a way as to permit gentler opening of the separated sternum, it is proposed that at least one of the retaining elements is mounted such that its position can be modified in the retraction direction with respect to that end of the spreader arm mounted on the holding device. | 01-15-2015 |
20150088131 | MEDICAL TFT INSTRUMENT COMPRISING A PIVOTABLE ELECTRODE SUPPORT - A manually operable HF instrument in bipolar construction includes a jaw part having two electrode legs which can be moved relative to each other like pincers or scissors, and an instrument handle for operating and activating the jaw part. A separate electrode mount is articulated on at least one electrode leg of the jaw part so as to be able to pivot relative to it, an electrode in turn being elastically/pliably installed on the electrode mount. | 03-26-2015 |