OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH

An implant with which prostates of different sizes can be treated is achieved by the fact that the length of a deployed implant is modifiable to a variable extent. Through the change of length of a stretched-out wire structure of the implant, the implant can be adapted individually to the patient anatomy and the outcome of treatment can thus be improved.

A surgical equipment socket for a surgical generator for connecting surgical instruments, a surgical system and a method for detecting the use of a surgical instrument in a surgical system, wherein the surgical equipment socket includes a first indicator assembly having a first movable element, and a first detection element; wherein the first movable element is movable from a free position to a mated position, and wherein the first detection element is adapted to detect whether the first movable element is in the mated position.

An insulation insert, an electrode carrier and an electrosurgical handheld instrument which can be used particularly efficiently and which is producible particularly cost-effectively. This is achieved by virtue of the insulation insert having a tube-like embodiment and being detachably couplable by way of a proximal end region to a distal end of a tube-like shaft of the handheld device and a central passage serving to accommodate an inner shaft of the handheld device. Two drilled holes for accommodating a respective electrode carrier tube of an electrode carrier are arranged opposite one another in a wall of the insulation insert and parallel to the central passage.

An insulation insert, an electrode carrier and an electrosurgical handheld instrument which can be used particularly efficiently and which is producible particularly cost-effectively. This is achieved by virtue of the insulation insert having a tube-like embodiment and being detachably couplable by way of a proximal end region to a distal end of a tube-like shaft of the handheld device and a central passage serving to accommodate an inner shaft of the handheld device. Two drilled holes for accommodating a respective electrode carrier tube of an electrode carrier are arranged opposite one another in a wall of the insulation insert and parallel to the central passage.

An Albarran deflector can be cleaned or reconditioned particularly thoroughly. This is achieved in that at least one flushing port is arranged on a drive body of the Albarran deflector. During cleaning or reconditioning, a flushing line can be connected to this flushing port. This defined access to the interior of the drive body or gear space allows targeted introduction of the flushing fluid.

A surgical tool, which can be identified in a simple and at the same time unambiguous manner. This is achieved in that a surgical tool has an electrical conductor element having a tool-specific electronic signature. An unambiguous identification of the tool is possible via this tool-specific electronic signature. Each surgical tool of the claimed type thus has a signature, using which it can be unambiguously identified.

A plug for a stopcock as well as a stopcock and a method for manufacturing a plug, by means of which the aforementioned problems are solved. This is achieved by the fact that the plug, consisting of a cone part and a handle part, is formed in one piece. This plug can be rotatably mounted in an interior of a stopcock housing and has the cone part, which has a conical surface, and the handle part, which has a handle, lying one behind the other in the direction of an axis of rotation. The conical part also has a bore perpendicular to the axis of rotation, which can be designed as a fluid channel, whereby the conical surface can be brought into a sealing connection with an inner surface of the interior of the housing. The cone part is manufactured together with the handle part from a single workpiece by means of a turning and milling process.

A method for cleaning a surgical instrument, the method including pre-cleaning the surgical instrument in a transport trolley with a pre-cleaning fluid while the surgical instrument is being transported to a processing device for cleaning the surgical instrument; and subsequent to the pre-cleaning, cleaning the surgical instrument using the processing device.

An endoscope including: an optical filter arrangement having: a holder; and an optical filter having one of different filter properties in different directions or multiple optical filters with different filter properties, the optical filter being arranged in the holder to rotate about an axis of rotation in at least one beam path of the endoscope in a direction of light incidence in or behind an objective of the endoscope and in front of an image capturing unit or an eyepiece; wherein the optical filter arrangement is configured to change from a first filter property to a second filter property when the optical filter is rotated by 90° about the axis of rotation from a first target rotational position to a second target rotational position.

An endoscope including: a shaft assembly; and a handle assembly. The shaft assembly includes: a fiber tube; an outer shaft tube arranged around the fiber tube; and a support proximally extending from the outer shaft tube. The handle assembly is arranged around the support, and an electrical connection is arranged on an outer surface of the support extending from a proximal end of the support in a distal direction such that the electrical connection is arranged at least in part between the support and the handle assembly.