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| 20100022829 | Video Endoscope With Switchable Semiconductor Light Sources - A video endoscope has an endoscope part having a central image signal conductor, at least one optical waveguide, and a light supplying part which can be coupled to a proximal end of said endoscope part. The light supplying part has a central image signal conductor connection at a distal end thereof, and a light supply arranged coaxially around said central image signal conductor connection. The light supply has a plurality of light-emitting elements, each of said light-emitting elements can be supplied by means of a switchable semiconductor light source. Position sensors are arranged in an area of said light-emitting elements, and position indicators are arranged in an area of said optical waveguide. A position of said position indicators can be detected by said position sensors when said endoscope part and said light supplying part are coupled. Based on a detection of said position indicator, at least those light-emitting elements lying opposite to said optical waveguide are activated. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100137752 | Medical Apparatus For Treatment Of The Human Or Animal Body By Mechanical Pressure Waves Or Shock Waves - A medical apparatus for treatment of the human or animal body by mechanical pressure waves or shock waves, comprises a device designed to generate the pressure waves or shock waves. The device for generating the pressure waves or shock waves have at least one applicator part which can be subjected to impacts at a proximal end in order to generate the pressure waves or shock waves and, at a distal end, applies the pressure waves or shock waves into the body. The apparatus is additionally designed to generate outside the body, and to apply into the body, at least one further physiological action parameter chosen from the group consisting of electrical current, electro-magnetic waves, in particular light, ultrasound and/or a further mechanical action. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100145241 | Medical Apparatus For Treatment Of The Human Or Animal Body By Mechanical Pressure Waves Or Shock Waves - A medical apparatus for treatment of the human or animal body by mechanical pressure waves or shock waves, comprising a device designed to generate the pressure waves or shock waves and having at least one applicator part that comprises an input face, to which an impact can be repeatedly applied in order to generate the pressure waves or shock waves, and that comprises an output face, from which the pressure waves or shock waves are applied into the body, said applicator part being made at least partially of plastic or ceramic. At least one weight element that increases the weight of the applicator part is arranged on the applicator part between the input and output faces, said input face and output face being made of plastic or ceramic. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100259656 | Apparatus For Fluorescence Diagnosis - An apparatus for fluorescence diagnosis comprises an illumination system for illuminating a target area. The observation system has an observation instrument and a camera. The illumination system can be switched between at least two illumination modes. The observation system has an optical arrangement having at least one optical element that selectively can be introduced into the observation beam path or can be removed therefrom in order to switch the optical properties of the observation system between at least two observation modes. The optical arrangement of the observation system has a motor drive for introducing the at least one optical element into the observation beam path and for removing said element therefrom, and there is a control unit which is connected to the illumination system and to the observation system and which controls the motor drive as a function of the set illumination mode of the illumination system. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100261965 | Apparatus For Fluorescence Diagnosis - An apparatus for fluorescence diagnosis comprises an illumination system for illuminating a target area. The illumination system has a light source designed for generating white light and an illumination path. The apparatus further comprises an observation system for observing the target area, which has an observation path. The illumination system has a first illumination mode, in which an illumination spectral filter is arranged in the illumination path, which filter is transmitting in an excitation spectral range and substantially non-transmitting in the spectral range on the long-wavelength side outside of the excitation spectral range, and said illumination system has a second illumination mode, in which the illumination spectral filter is not arranged in the illumination path. An observation spectral filter is arranged in the observation path in the first illumination mode and in the second illumination mode, which filter is substantially non-transmitting in the excitation spectral range and transmitting in the spectral range on the long-wavelength side outside of the excitation spectral range. The observation spectral filter additionally is transmitting in the spectral range on the short-wavelength side outside of the excitation spectral range. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110069159 | SYSTEM FOR ORIENTATION ASSISTANCE AND DISPLAY OF AN INSTRUMENT IN AN OBJECT UNDER EXAMINATION PARTICULARLY FOR USE IN HUMAN BODY - A system for orientation assistance and display of an instrument that is inserted or present in the natural or artificially produced hollow cavity (human, animal, object), and that is equipped with one or more sensor units. Multiple measurements of the 3D position of the instrument equipped with one or more sensor units are performed by positioning a measuring system, so that a precise orientation and positioning of the instrument in the body can be computed. The 3D position data are used to compute a virtual image of the instrument synchronously. The virtual images are then either projected directly in exact position onto the body surface of a person or combined in a body surface image (real video camera image of the patient) onto a monitor or superimposed (virtual or augmented reality). The system is especially appropriate for displaying for a user a medical instrument, such as a catheter or a rigid or flexible endoscope, in the body of a person in real time, extracorporeally and in correct position. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110234782 | APPARATUS TO PROVIDE WHITE ILLUMINATING LIGHT - An apparatus to provide white illuminating light for medical or boroscopic applications includes a first light source with a light-emitting diode to emit light with a broad spectrum, a second light source to emit monochromatic light, and a coupling device to couple light of the first light source and light of the second light source into a common beam path in order to generate illuminating light with improved color rendering. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235324 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE FOR ENDOSCOPIC OR EXOSCOPIC APPLICATIONS - A light source device for endoscopic or exoscopic applications includes a flat first light source, a second light source, an illuminating beam path that is configured to provide a first light beam emanating from the first light source for an endoscopic or exoscopic application, and a coupling device to couple a second light beam from the second light source into the illuminating beam path, whereby the coupling device is configured in such a way that at the coupling site the cross-section surface of the second light beam is smaller than the cross-section surface of the first light beam. | 09-29-2011 |
