A modular instrument system for use in a knee joint replacement operation includes a tibial component, a first femoral component, a second femoral component and at least one spacer element. The different components of the modular instrument system are releasably connectable to one another to form different instrument configurations.
A knee prosthesis system includes a set of femoral components of different sizes. Each femoral component has a pair of condyles defining an intercondylar notch and a posterior cam positioned in the notch. At least one of the condyles has a curved condyle surface with multiple radii of curvature. The system also includes a set of tibial components of different sizes. Each tibial component has a curved bearing surface with multiple radii of curvature and a post. Each size of femoral component is engageable to at least one size of tibial component to articulate by contact between the condyle surface and the bearing surface and/or by contact between the cam and the post. The radii of curvature of the condyle surface increase monotonically across increasing size of the femoral components, and the radii of curvature of the bearing surface increase monotonically across increasing size of the tibial components.
A knee joint implant augmentation configured to be arranged between a knee joint implant and a tibia in an implanted state includes a first contact surface which, in the implanted state, is configured to rest at least partially flat on the knee joint implant, a second contact surface lying opposite the first contact surface and configured to rest at least partially flat on the tibia in the implanted state, and a lateral surface, which connects a rim of the first contact surface to a rim of the second contact surface. The lateral surface is configured such that a portion of the lateral surface, which is arranged in a patellar position in the implanted state of the knee joint implant augmentation, is angled at a closed angle greater than 0° with respect to an axis perpendicular to the first contact surface.
A surgical device includes a surgical application part having an electric motor with motor windings and an electrical supply cable having a plurality of lines. The electrical supply cable can be connected to the surgical application part at a first end and to a control unit for controlling the electric motor at a second end. The surgical device includes at least one readout antenna which is integrated/provided in the surgical application part or the electrical supply cable. The at least one readout antenna can be supplied with voltage and, as an additional element separate from the motor windings, can activate and read out an RFID chip that is/can be arranged near to the at least one readout antenna, in order to transmit data bidirectionally between the RFID chip and the control unit via the electrical supply cable.
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
A61B 17/00 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
A medical impact instrument, in particular in the form of an impact hammer, includes a shaft defining a shaft longitudinal direction, a proximal end and a distal end. An impact body is arranged on the shaft and defines a longitudinal axis. The impact body is movable in an impact position on the shaft between a distal stop defining a distal stop position of the impact body and a proximal stop defining a proximal stop position of the impact body for transmitting an impact pulse to the distal end of the shaft in the distal or proximal direction. The impact instrument includes a fixing device for temporarily fixing the impact body to the shaft in at least one, in particular arbitrary, fixing position between the distal stop position and the proximal stop position.
A hand-held sliding shaft-type surgical instrument includes a shaft, in which a longitudinal groove is formed extending over the length of the shaft, and a slide, which is movably mounted in the longitudinal groove. Relative movement of the slide in the longitudinal groove is at least partly guided by at least one connecting piece that constricts the longitudinal groove in the width direction. The shaft has a cleaning recess in the region of the connecting piece in the longitudinal direction. The cleaning recess forms a radial through-opening that opens into the longitudinal groove from the groove base side.
A surgical instrument for use in a knee joint replacement operation having a first fastening device, a second fastening device, a guiding device connected at one end to the first fastening device and at the other end to the second fastening device and by which the second fastening device is pivotably movable in a manner guided relative to the first fastening device in a sagittal guiding plane, and an alignment rod configured for alignment with respect to an anterior edge of a tibia. The alignment rod is releasably connected to the second fastening device in a rigid manner.
A femoral condyle trial implant for trial application to a resected femur in a knee joint replacement operation. The trial implant has a distal front face with a medial condyle surface, which is configured for articulation with a medial tibial plateau of a proximal tibia, and a lateral condyle surface, which is configured for articulation with a lateral tibial plateau of the proximal tibia. The trial implant also has a proximal rear face that is planar and forms a flat bone contact surface configured for contacting a distal cut surface of a distally resected femur.
A method for producing a surgical instrument for grasping and/or holding and/or guiding a needle includes: a) producing a first arm part and a second arm part, each having a distal holding jaw with a recess and a solder deposit region; b) inserting hard metal inserts into the recesses in the distal holding jaws; c) joining the first arm part and the second arm part so that the first arm part and the second arm part are pivotable relative to one another at a joint; d) filling the solder deposit regions with solder; and e) soldering the hard metal inserts in the distal holding jaws using the solder.
A femoral sizer system for knee arthroplasty includes a main block having a back surface that contacts a processed distal face of a femur. A fixed foot extends away from the back surface for posterior referencing. A docking unit docks with a connecting unit. An anterior stylus has a stylus tip for contact with an anterior face of the femur. The stylus is attachable to the main block and can adjust a position of the stylus tip. An orientation guide has referencing orientation points for implementing referencing pins in the femur. The orientation guide can be coupled to and uncoupled from the docking unit via its connecting unit with different sides of the orientation guide resulting in different positions of the orientation points relative to the main block, so that the femoral sizer system can be used for the right knee joint or the left knee joint.
A surgical instrument for use in a knee joint replacement operation includes a fastening device configured for releasably fastening to a femoral trial implant mounted on a distal femur. The fastening device has two positioning pins arranged spaced apart mediolaterally from each other and which, for the purpose of positioning the fastening device, are designed to be able to be plugged in a posterior direction into two receiving bores, complementary to the positioning pins, of the trial implant. The fastening device has at least one fixing element for fixing the fastening device in a form-fitting manner to the trial implant in an anterior direction.
A surgical instrument for use in a total knee arthroplasty includes a first fastening device and a guide device releasably coupled to the first fastening device and configured for releasable coupling to a second fastening device. The guide device has a sliding guide with at least one guide slot extending longitudinally along a guide track and at least one sliding member which is received in the at least one guide slot so as to be slidingly movable along the guide track. The first fastening device has at least one push-fit receiver, by which the at least one sliding member is introduced into the at least one guide slot forming a releasable push-fit connection with the first fastening device.
A surgical instrument for use in knee joint replacement surgery includes a first fastening device for fastening to a reference component attached to a distal femur, a second fastening device spaced apart distally from the first fastening device for fastening to a tibial cutting block for cutting guidance on a proximal tibia, a circular arc guide connected to the first and second fastening devices by which the second fastening device is movable relative to the first fastening device and guided in a sagittal guide plane, a first linear guide by which the circular arc guide is connected to the first fastening device and movable relative thereto guided in the guide plane along a first guide path, and a second linear guide by which the second fastening device is connected to the circular arc guide and movable relative thereto and guided in the guide plane along a second guide path.
A container seal includes a locking bolt, which has on one end portion or central portion thereof a push-in/latch compartment which is open in the transverse direction relative to the lock axis and is formed or provided with an undercut acting in the direction of the latch compartment opening; a clip or tab, wherein the clip or tab is arranged on the other end portion of the locking bolt; and a bolt or bar which is arranged on the free end/end portion of the clip or tab and has on the free end/end portion thereof a latch device which is coupled to the bolt via a predetermined breaking point.
A computer-implemented tracking method, an apparatus, a tracking system for storing usage data of a medical product, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes the steps of detecting usage of the medical product, creating the usage data which relate to the detected usage of the medical product, and storing the usage data in a data record in a form which cannot be modified retrospectively, specifically in a blockchain.
A sterilization basket, sterilization basket system and container system. The sterilization basket is insertible into and removable from a container well. At least one basket handle is mounted movably on a basket side wall. The handle has a gripping portion, which is connected to a bearing portion via a connection web oriented at an angle to the gripping portion, on which bearing portion the handle is held on a bearing on the wall of the basket and is movable into at least one carrying position and into a fixing position. The sterilization basket also has at least one fixing and/or pressing portion or element, which is spaced from the gripping portion and mounted on the basket side wall and is movable and/or deformable by a selected movement of the handle from the basket side wall in the direction outside the sterilization basket to bear against a container well.
A reading device, system, storage medium and method for capturing computer-readable codes of a medical product or packaging. The method includes: capturing an image of the product or packaging, extracting first and second computer-readable code, interpreting code data, retrieving a product-ID and further product information from the code data, determining if relevant information is included in the information of the captured code and/or a linked database, selecting the second code as a relevant code if retrieved information of the first code is fully included in the retrieved information of the second code, or selecting the first and second codes as the relevant code if each code includes relevant information, transmitting a code marker for each code to a displaying device, and displaying an overlay image with the captured image and a marking of the code to provide an improved overview of the computer-readable codes to the user.
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
G06K 7/14 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
A patella preparation system and method of using a patella preparation system. The patella preparation system includes a fixing device adapted to fixedly hold a patella, a guiding device linked to the fixing device to be moveable relative to the fixing device, preferably by translatory and/or tilting movements/motions, and an operation device for manually moving the guiding device relative to the fixing device individually and separately in a translatory and a tilting manner.
A surgical device and surgical system for use in a total knee arthroplasty. The surgical device is configured for aligning an extramedullary alignment rod, and has a supporting portion having at least two supporting geometries. The supporting geometries are each adapted for support on an anterior edge of a tibia. A reference portion projects in an anterior direction from the supporting portion and has at least two reference geometries that are separated from one another along a reference line that extends in a proximodistal direction. The reference line is separated from the supporting line by an anterior distance and extends parallel to the supporting line. The reference geometries and/or the reference line serve as a reference for aligning the extramedullary alignment rod instead of the anterior edge of the tibia. The reference geometries are each adapted for at least mediolaterally form-fit mounting of the extramedullary alignment rod.
A sterile packaging for sterile medicinal products, in particular implants, forms at least one, or in case of a multiple sterile packaging, at least one first sterile barrier and an outer second sterile barrier, separate and independent from the first sterile barrier, and which is accommodated in an outer packaging. The outer packaging is made of a composite material that includes cardboard and at least one coating or film, and is designed and intended to form the second sterile barrier of the sterile packaging.
A61B 50/30 - Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments
A61F 2/00 - Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
A surgical instrument for use in a knee-replacement operation includes a main body configured for releasable fastening on a tibia-cutting block for guiding cutting on a proximal tibia. A first stylus and a second stylus are each mounted on the main body so as to be movable relative to the main body. The first and second styluses each extend along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end. The first ends are each designed to make contact with a tibial plateau of the tibia. The first stylus is mounted on the main body so as to be pivotable about a first pivot axis relative to the main body and the second stylus. The second stylus is mounted on the main body so as to be pivotable about a second pivot axis relative to the main body and the first stylus.
A surgical instrument and system for use in a knee joint replacement operation. The instrument has a main body fastenable to a tibial cutting block. A first stylus and second stylus are each mounted on and movable relative to the main body, and are elongate between a first end and a second end. The first ends each have a reference surface for contacting a tibial plateau of the tibia. A compensation element is attachable to one of the styluses and has a plug-in section and a contact surface. The first ends each have a complementary plug-in section configured for releasable connection to the plug-in section. The contact surface is configured—when the compensation element is attached to the respective stylus—for contacting the tibial plateau instead of the respective reference surface and is spaced apart from the respective reference surface by a thickness dimension.
A medical instrument includes a first instrument branch having a first bearing portion with a first support surface, and includes a second instrument branch having a second bearing portion with a second support surface. The first support surface bears flat against the second support surface such that the first support surface can pivot in a sliding fashion so that the first instrument branch is pivotable relative to the second instrument branch about a pivot axis. The first bearing portion and/or the second bearing portion has, in the region of the pivot axis, a shoulder portion or a shoulder element with an end face that includes the associated support surface. The shoulder portion or shoulder element is stepped outwardly relative to the associated bearing portion in the direction of the pivot axis so that the associated support surface is stepped outwardly relative to the associated bearing portion.
A surgical instrument system for use in a total knee arthroplasty includes a reference block that is attachable to a femur. The reference block has a block front side and a block rear side lying opposite the block front side. At least one compensation element has an element rear side and, lying opposite along the proximal-distal axis, a contact face for contacting a lateral condyle and/or medial condyle. A connection system has at least one connection portion on the reference block. At least one complementary connection portion is disposed on the compensation element. The connection system is configured to releasably attach the compensation element on the block front side. The compensation element in the attached state does not completely cover the block front side. The connection system is configured so that the compensation element is attachable in different positions on the block front side by the connection system.
A surgical instrument and surgical instrument system for use in a knee replacement operation. The surgical instrument includes a fastening device configured for direct or indirect releasable fastening to a cutting block for the distal resection of a femur, a sensing device with a posteriorly oriented reference plane configured to bear against an anterior surface of the femur, and a bearing device for positioning the reference plane. The bearing device includes at least one pivoting bearing with an anteroposteriorly oriented pivot axis, about which the reference plane can be moved pivotably relative to the fastening device.
A surgical instrument system for use in a total knee arthroplasty includes an intramedullary rod and a reference block. The intramedullary rod is elongated between a proximal rod end and a distal rod end and is adapted for introduction into the medullary space of a femur. The reference block is or can be slid onto the distal rod end and has a block rear side oriented in a proximal direction. The block rear side is adapted to bear on distal condyles of the femur. The reference block is mounted to or mountable on the distal rod end by a bearing element having a reception bore for coaxial and radially form-fit reception of the distal rod end. The bearing element is mounted on the reference block so as to be pivotable relative thereto at least about a pivot axis oriented in an anteroposterior direction.
A surgical instrument for use in a knee joint replacement operation includes a reference block with a block rear face configured to bear on a resected femur, a stylus arranged on the reference block, a stylus tip configured to bear on the femur, and two reference feet that are spaced apart mediolaterally from one another and arranged on the reference block. Each reference foot has a foot upper face protruding beyond the block rear face. The foot upper faces are arranged in a common reference plane and are configured to bear on the femur. At least two reference bores extend from the block rear face. Each reference bore is configured to receive a reference pin. A compensation element is configured for form-fitting and/or force-fitting releasable connection to one of the reference feet. The compensation element has an upper face which comes to bear against a posterior condyle.
A distal femur alignment system includes a resection guide, in particular a cutting guiding block, for guiding a resection cutting instrument, and an adjustment device for adjusting the resection guide which is adapted to be temporarily fixed to a femur. The adjustment device includes an angle adjustment module for adjusting an angle between the resection guide and the femur and a height adjustment module for adjusting a cutting height between the resection guide and the femur. The angle adjustment module and the height adjustment module each include a manually operable user adjustment element. The user adjustment elements are supported on and rotatable about a common rotation axis so as to be separately and independently operable for angle adjustment and height adjustment.
A modular detection system for insertion in a strainer basket for detecting, monitoring and tracing sterile material in a sterilization circuit. The modular detection system includes a strainer basket insert which can be inserted directly in the strainer basket or arranged on a base plate. The system further includes the following individually and optionally electrically coupleable modules: a central electronic unit, a defined or freely selectable number of slots for attaching and/or connecting a predetermined number of retainer systems for retaining sterile material, each retainer system having at least one antenna system for reading a transponder in the sterile material. The system further includes a preferably defined number of conductor tracks to electrically connect the slots and/or retaining systems to one another and/or to the central electronic unit.
G16H 40/40 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
A61L 2/24 - Apparatus using programmed or automatic operation
A medical product for use during the treatment of a bone defect, having a plurality of individual elements that are connected to one another such that individual elements adjacent to one another engage in one another/are chained to one another. The individual elements of the chain net are subdivided into main elements and connection elements that are designed differently from the main elements. The main elements and the connection elements form, when chained to one another, a grid structure that is flat in the x-y plane.
A method for producing a sliding surface element on the basis of UHMWPE for a joint endoprosthesis includes mixing UHMWPE in powder form with 0.09 to 0.11% by weight of an antioxidant, compacting the UHMWPE mixed with the antioxidant into a molded body, manufacturing one or more sliding surface elements from the molded body by material-removing machining, and irradiating the sliding surface element by gamma radiation or X-ray radiation with a radiation dose of 25 to 45 kGy in order to crosslink the UHMWPE. The method can be practiced without thermal post-treatment of the irradiated sliding surface element.
An electronic device for simulating a joint, in particular a knee joint, and for providing kinematic data sets, includes a simulation unit configured to generate a joint model with at least a first joint bone and a second joint bone. The simulation unit is configured to integrate at least a first and a second virtual measuring unit into the joint model. The at least first virtual measuring unit is at the at least first joint bone and the at least second virtual measuring unit is at the second joint bone. A calculator unit is configured to process data of the at least first and second virtual measuring units.
G06F 30/27 - Design optimisation, verification or simulation using machine learning, e.g. artificial intelligence, neural networks, support vector machines [SVM] or training a model
G16H 50/30 - ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data mining; ICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for individual health risk assessment
G16H 50/50 - ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data mining; ICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for simulation or modelling of medical disorders
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MEDICAL INSTRUMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING A SURGICAL TOOL
A medical instrument system includes a handpiece and a surgical tool. The handpiece has a housing in which a drive and/or a gearing mechanism is accommodated and which preferably has a housing part which is or can be attached to the housing. The surgical tool is supported on the housing and/or the housing part by a plurality of rotary bearings. The surgical tool is or can be coupled to the drive and/or gearing mechanism for conjoint rotation and in an axially fixed manner so as to transmit a torque from the drive and/or gearing mechanism to the tool. A first of the rotary bearings at a distal end portion of the tool is connected to the tool to form a unit. A second of the rotary bearings is accommodated in the housing or the housing part, proximally to the first rotary bearing, so as to be stationary.
A surgical instrument and use of a surgical instrument in open surgery. The instrument has two gripping limbs and a blocking element that releasably locks the gripping limbs relative to one another. The blocking element has a female locking assembly and a male locking assembly. The female locking assembly has a mechanical control device for locking and releasing a locking portion of the male locking assembly. A mechanical control assembly is assigned to the male locking assembly and moves the locking portion of the male locking assembly out of an end position that defines a neutral position into an end position that defines a functional position and, conversely, out of the end position that defines the functional position into the end position that defines the neutral position. The control assembly includes securing elements that secure the locking portion in both end positions.
A measurement instrument for use in knee-joint replacement includes a rod and a first jaw. The first jaw has a first inner surface that bears on a front face of a bone resection. A slide is guided on the rod and has a second jaw. The second jaw has a second inner surface oriented counter to the first inner surface. The second inner surface bears on a rear face of the bone resection. A scale between the rod and slide indicates a thickness of the bone resection. A continuation part is connected to the first jaw and has a third inner surface that bears on a proximal tibia. The second jaw has a second outer surface oriented counter to the second inner surface. The second outer surface bears on a distal femur. The scale indicates a longitudinal distance between the distal femur and the proximal tibia.
A61F 2/46 - Special tools for implanting artificial joints
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MEDICAL PACKAGING DEVICE, MEDICAL PACKAGING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MEDICAL PACKAGING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR STERILE PACKING OF A STRAINER BASKET
A medical packaging device, packaging system, method for producing a packaging device, and method for sterile packaging of a sieve basket with a packaging device. The packaging device defines a receiving space for accommodating a sieve basket in a packaging position, and an insertion opening for inserting a sieve basket into the receiving space. The insertion opening is open in an insertion position. The packaging device is made from a flat material sheet that is folded multiple times. The receiving space has two abutting receiving space flat material sheet surface regions. The regions are delimited by at least three fold lines of the flat material sheet such that the receiving space is closed on all sides except for the insertion opening. The packaging device includes an unfolding securing device for securing the packaging device in the insertion position against being completely unfolded back into the starting position.
A surgical instrument includes a cutting block with a rear face configured to bear on a distal end face of a resected femur. The cutting block has a guide slot extending from the rear face to a front face. The guide slot is configured to receive and guide a saw blade. A reference foot is mountable on a lower face of the cutting block, and has an anteriorly oriented foot upper face that, in a mounted state of the reference foot, protrudes beyond the rear face and is configured to bear on posterior condyles of the femur. A probe is mountable on the cutting block, in a region of a block upper face lying opposite the block lower face, and has a probe tip which, in a mounted state of the probe, protrudes beyond the rear face and is configured to bear on an anterior face of the femur.
A medical, motor-operated or hand-operated or operable instrument includes a number of bearings for supporting a shaft for applying torque to a tool, of which bearings at least two selected or selectable bearings form a bearing pair. A distance sleeve axially spaces apart the bearings of the bearing pair. The instrument includes a component located at least partly radially inside the distance sleeve. The component is or can be rotationally coupled to at least one of the two bearings to rotate together with a rotating part of the at least one of the two bearings, or to form a rotating part of the at least one of the two bearings. At least one permanent magnet is fastened or formed on or in the component. A coil is arranged on or in the distance sleeve.
A61B 17/16 - Osteoclasts; Drills or chisels for bones; Trepans
A61B 90/98 - Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders
H02K 35/02 - Generators with reciprocating, oscillating or vibrating coil system, magnet, armature or other part of the magnetic circuit with moving magnets and stationary coil systems
F16C 19/54 - Systems consisting of a plurality of bearings with rolling friction
A sterility separation element can be arranged between plug connectors of a plug connection/electro-mechanical lock to provide sterility separation of the plug connectors. The plug connection/electro-mechanical lock has at least one electrical contact pin that penetrates the sterility separation element such that the sterility separation element fits directly to the electrical contact pin over its entire circumference in a germ-tight manner. The electrical contact pin has two free pin ends configured to come into electro-mechanical or electroconductive plug contact with corresponding electrical plug sockets of at least two lines to be connected.
A61B 46/10 - Surgical drapes specially adapted for instruments
H01R 13/631 - Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure for engagement only
A medical clip includes a first clamping arm, a second clamping arm, and a biasing element with a first and a second end. The first clamping arm has a first clamping arm end, which is connected to the first end of the biasing element by way of a first connecting portion. The second clamping arm has a second clamping arm end, which is connected to the second end of the biasing element by way of a second connecting portion. The clip includes a box lock with a connection perforation arranged or formed on the first connecting portion and a connection portion comprised by the second connecting portion and passing through the connection perforation. The first clamping arm and the second clamping arm are maximally proximate to one another in a basic position.
An application system for medical clips includes at least one first application instrument for applying a first type of a medical clip and at least one first medical clip of the first type. The first application instrument includes two first tool elements that are movable relative to one another. The at least one first medical clip of the first type has a first proximal end region and two first connecting portions that distally adjoin the first proximal end region and connect the first proximal end region to two clamping arms of the at least one first clip of the first type that are movable relative to one another. The two first tool elements include between them a first end region receptacle that is open in the distal direction for accommodating the first proximal end region in a positive-locking or substantially positive-locking manner.
A61B 17/128 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels or umbilical cord for applying or removing clamps or clips
A medical instrument and a medical transponder communication system. The medical instrument has an instrument body, which has a prepared depression or opening in an instrument body surface, and an installed transponder module having: a transponder, preferably an RFID transponder, particularly preferably a glass transponder, a housing which has an upper side and a lower side and in which the transponder is accommodated and which is provided and designed to be installed or inserted into the prepared depression or opening in the medical instrument with its lower side facing towards the depression so that the lower side is set back relative to the upper side and the instrument body surface, and a screen that is signal-opaque to electromagnetic waves and has a signal-transparent screen opening. The transponder is spaced from and set back relative to the screen towards the lower side.
G06K 19/04 - Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the shape
A61B 90/98 - Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders
G06K 19/02 - Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the selection of materials, e.g. to avoid wear during transport through the machine
A medical instrument and method for producing a medical instrument. The medical instrument includes at least one instrument arm. A toothing with at least two teeth is formed on a distal end of the instrument arm. Each of the teeth project transversely from the distal end and has two tooth flanks facing away from one another. Each tooth flank has at least one planar first surface region and at least one planar second surface region. The at least one planar first surface region and the at least one planar second surface region are inclined toward one another by a surface to region angle. The first and second surface regions are formed by milling, in particular with a CNC machine.
A medical device, a cooling-fluid/rinsing-fluid hose, and a method for using a medical device. The medical device includes a handpiece with an interior enclosed by a handpiece housing, preferably for receiving a drive. The medical device also has an effector arranged on or coupleable to the handpiece and a supply device for supplying cooling fluid and/or rinsing fluid to the effector. The supply device includes a guide tube or guide cannula that passes through the interior in the handpiece longitudinal direction and is rigidly connected to the handpiece. The guide tube or guide cannula, which opens to the outside in a distal and in a proximal handpiece region, longitudinally guides a preferably single-use cooling-fluid/rinsing-fluid hose that is pushed into the guide tube.
An intramedullary tibia alignment system includes an alignment rod, a tibial resection guide and a tibial alignment jig. The tibial alignment jig has a sliding rail, a casing slidably receiving the sliding rail and being attached to the alignment rod, and a user adjustment element rotatably held by the alignment rod. The user adjustment element is functionally connected to the casing by a link element such that a rotation is converted into a pivoting movement. The user adjustment element and the alignment rod are adapted to interlock with each other at a plurality of rotational positions of the user adjustment element. The plurality of rotational positions correspond to different orientations of the alignment rod in accordance with the pivoting movement of the alignment rod.
A hip implant system includes an artificial acetabular cup and an artificial acetabular liner. The liner includes or consists of a metal or an alloy, and is coated at least in sections with a ceramic coating.
A medical clip includes first and second clamping arms and a biasing element. The first clamping arm is connected to a first end of the biasing element, and the second clamping arm is connected to a second end of the biasing element. The first clamping arm and the second clamping arm are maximally proximate to one another in a basic position of the clip and are movable away from one another against the action of the biasing element from the basic position into an opening position. The medical clip is made partially by a generative manufacturing process, in which the medical clip has at least one first clip portion and at least one second clip portion. The at least one second clip portion is formed directly onto the at least one first clip portion by a generative manufacturing process.
Provided is an adapter for connection to a spray can dispensing an oil-containing aerosol. The adapter comprises a timepiece configured to measure a predetermined time interval, the starting point of the time measurement being defined by the start of a spraying process of the spray can; and an indicating element configured to indicate to the user, once the predetermined time interval has expired, to end the spraying process. Also provided is a method for manually reprocessing a medical device.
B65D 83/26 - Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant characterised by the actuating means operating automatically, e.g. periodically
A medical tool, in the form of a rotatably drivable tool, in particular a cutting tool such as a trepanation tool, the tool having a drive portion which can be connected to a medical device for in particular interlockingly transmitting torque, and a cutting portion which can be coupled to the drive portion so as to transmit torque. The tool comprises an electronic assembly which is designed to be activated by the tool being connected to the medical device, preferably by an operation of plugging the tool into the medical device, and/or to be activated by the cutting portion being decoupled from the drive portion.
A holding device for a sterile product, in particular for a sterile product container or a soft packaging, which device is provided to hold, during a preparation process, a medical product to be sterilised, and comprises communication means, and a part of the communication means is designed for a frequency range such that the part, when the sterile product is closed, supplies data in relation to the medical product to an environment of the sterile product. Also provided are a sterile product and a method for monitoring a sterile product cycle.
A61B 50/39 - Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments for collecting or disposing of used articles the containers containing antimicrobial, antiviral or disinfectant agents
A61L 2/28 - Devices for testing the effectiveness or completeness of sterilisation, e.g. indicators which change colour
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CLOSURE MECHANISM WITH LOCKING DEVICE FOR STERILE CONTAINERS, AND STERILE CONTAINER COMPRISING SAME
A sterile container and a closure mechanism for the sterile container. The sterile container includes a container pan and a container lid. The container lid is lockable to the container pan by the closure mechanism. The closure mechanism has a bar element for undercut engagement with an engagement element arranged on the container pan or on the container lid and which forms an undercut. The bar element is positionable in a closed position, in which the bar element is operatively engaged with the engagement element via the undercut, and in a release position, in which the bar element and the engagement element are disengaged. The closure mechanism includes a locking element that is operatively connectable to the bar element and which is integrated into the closure mechanism in such a way that the locking element blocks the closure mechanism when the closed position is reached.
B65D 45/22 - Clips, hooks, or clamps, e.g. C-shaped pivoted resilient
A61B 50/30 - Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments
53.
METHOD FOR SURFACE TREATMENT AND/OR PRODUCTION OF A MEDICAL PRODUCT, AND A MEDICAL PRODUCT
A medical product and a method of surface treatment and/or manufacture of the medical product. The method includes the step of electrochemically etching the medical product. The medical product can include a metal or alloy and have one or more of the following features:
a pitting corrosion potential of 100 mV to 1200 mV,
a contact angle of 90° to 140°, and
a passive layer having a thickness of 1 nm to 10 nm that coats at least sections of the surface of the medical product.
A medical product and a method of surface treatment and/or manufacture of a medical product. The medical product includes a metal or an alloy or consists of a metal or an alloy. The method includes the following steps: a) dulling a surface of the medical product, b) electropolishing the dulled surface of the medical product, c) electrochemically etching the dulled and electropolished surface of the medical product and d) electropolishing the dulled, electropolished and electrochemically etched surface of the medical product. The medical product has at least one of the following features:
a pitting corrosion potential of 100 mV to 1200 mV, and/or
a contact angle of 80° to 140°, and/or
a passive layer having a thickness of 1 nm to 10 nm, which coats at least sections of the surface of the medical product.
B24C 1/06 - Methods for use of abrasive blasting for producing particular effects; Use of auxiliary equipment in connection with such methods for producing matt surfaces, e.g. on plastic materials, on glass
C25F 3/24 - Polishing of heavy metals of iron or steel
A61B 17/00 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
A medical apparatus having a control device, the control device being designed to store a target current demand in accordance with requirements of a drive of the medical apparatus, and to determine a minimum current demand corresponding to a minimum requirement of the drive of the medical apparatus during a current operation and, based on the minimum current demand, to adapt a maximum value of the target current demand for the current operation of the medical apparatus, said maximum value being provided to limit the current.
A bone implant includes a main body in the form of a hollow body open on both sides in the axial direction. The main body includes a load-bearing material. An encasing body at least partially encases the main body on the outside and includes an in vivo degradable/in vivo resorbable material. Alternatively, the encasing body includes a multiplicity of shaped bodies protruding from the main body in the radial direction that include an in vivo degradable/in vivo resorbable material. A method for producing the bone implant includes an additive manufacturing process. The main body can be at least partially encased by the encasing body in the additive manufacturing process.
An unlocking apparatus for unlocking locking devices of at least two medical ring instruments, and a sieve basket. The locking devices include cooperating locking elements, and the unlocking apparatus includes a first receiving body with at least two ring receptacles for accommodating first rings of the at least two ring instruments. The unlocking apparatus includes an unlocking body with at least two unlocking elements cooperating with second rings of the at least two ring instruments. The unlocking body and the receiving body are movable relative to one another in an actuating direction such that the at least two unlocking elements engage on and move the second rings relative to the first rings in an unlocking direction that is transverse, in particular perpendicular, to a first ring plane and to a second ring plane for transferring the locking devices from a locked position into an unlocked position.
A knee joint endoprosthesis set for replacing a knee joint of a patient, a patient knee joint endoprosthesis set, and a knee joint endoprosthesis system. The knee joint endoprosthesis set includes a knee joint endoprosthesis with a femoral component, a tibial component, and a first meniscal component. The knee joint endoprosthesis set also includes a second meniscal component configured differently from the first meniscal component. One of the first and second meniscal components is arranged between the femoral component and the tibial component for forming the knee joint endoprosthesis.
A battery device for a medical instrument for supplying electric energy to instrument-internal electric equipment, preferably an electric motor, having: an electronic controller which is integrally formed with the battery for actuating the entire instrument-internal electric equipment, preferably on the basis of actuation signals from an operator; a plurality of functions including a corresponding sensor system; and an integrated intelligence at least consisting of a protection circuit, a motor controller, and a wireless communication interface.
A61B 17/16 - Osteoclasts; Drills or chisels for bones; Trepans
H01M 10/42 - Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells
H01M 10/48 - Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
G01R 31/392 - Determining battery ageing or deterioration, e.g. state of health
60.
MEDICAL APPARATUS, METHOD FOR RECORDING A MODEL DATASET, DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND PROGRAM MEMORY MEDIUM
A medical apparatus, medical method, data processing program and program storage medium. A piece of reference position information of a reference element arranged on a bone is checked for agreement with a position of the reference element in a reference coordinate system, which is defined by a marking device and can be monitored by a navigation device. The model data set can be registered in the reference coordinate system.
An electric motor includes a motor winding interconnection for operating an electrosurgical instrument with exactly one motor platform that is designed to operate the motor at a first operating voltage and a second operating voltage different from the first operating voltage. The motor platform includes a circuit, preferably a delta circuit or a star circuit, formed in each case by three phases with a respective phase coil. At least one phase coil is formed from N>1 interconnected individual coils. At the first operating voltage, the N individual coils of each phase coil are connected in parallel. At the second operating voltage, the N individual coils of each phase coil are connected in series. At least one short-circuiting mechanism per phase coil switches over between the first and second operating voltage.
H02K 3/28 - Layout of windings or of connections between windings
H02P 25/18 - Arrangements or methods for the control of AC motors characterised by the kind of AC motor or by structural details characterised by the circuit arrangement or by the kind of wiring with arrangements for switching the windings, e.g. with mechanical switches or relays
A medical clip, in particular in the form of an aneurysm clip, includes two clamping arms and a biasing element. A clamping arm is arranged or formed on a free end of the biasing element. The two clamping arms abut against one another in a basic position and are movable away from one another against the action of the biasing element into an open position. At least part of a surface of the clip is of colored configuration. The clip defines at least three clip regions that are spatially separate from one another. Adjacent clip regions of the at least three clip regions are of differently colored configuration.
A rolling bearing, in particular a ball bearing, in particular for use in a surgical instrument, which is designed for forwarding or transmitting electrical signals and has for this purpose at least one signal line or signal path integrated in the rolling bearing. A sleeve, in particular for use in a surgical instrument, is designed for forwarding or transmitting electrical signals and has for this purpose at least one signal line or signal path integrated in the sleeve. A surgical instrument, in particular a hand-held milling cutter, includes at least one ball bearing and at least one sleeve, each having a respective method of production.
An alignment device for a tibial resection guide includes a clamping device having at least two clamping elements acting against one another for clamping the distal end of a tibia of a patient. A contact device for contacting the proximal end of the tibia includes a tool guiding device for guiding a tool during the resection of the tibia. A telescopic device is separably connected to the contact device and adjustably connected to the clamping device. The telescopic device is designed to align the contact device and clamping device with respect to the tibia. The telescopic device has a decoupling device configured to separate the contact device from the telescopic device when activated. The clamping elements are designed such that the telescopic device can be removed from the tibia with one hand after the decoupling device is activated.
An identification system for medical sterile containers and mesh trays for accommodating medical instruments. The system includes one or more sterile containers, one or more mesh trays, and one or more identification plates. Each identification plate includes an interface. At least one counterpart interface is complementary to the interface and formed or arranged on each sterile container and each mesh tray. The interface and the counterpart interface are designed to retain at least one identification plate on one of the sterile containers or on one of the mesh trays.
A storage system for storing medical products, in particular temperature-sensitive medical products, and a method for storing medical products in such a storage system. The storage system includes a storage area with a plurality of storage spaces for a respective type of medical product and at least one sensor for detecting an ambient parameter of the storage area. The storage system has a plurality of sensors, each of which is designed as a data logger and each of which is arranged in a manner specific to the storage space to automatically detect at least one storage space-specific ambient parameter. The storage system has at least one reading device for reading the data loggers.
G16H 40/20 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
G06Q 10/08 - Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
68.
METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC AND STERILE-CONTAINER-SPECIFIC DETECTION OF STERILISATION CYCLES CARRIED OUT BY A STERILE CONTAINER
A method for automatic and sterile-container-specific detection of sterilization cycles carried out by a sterile container, and a system for carrying out the method. A temperature acting on the sterile container is detected using a temperature measurement device associated with the sterile container. A temperature measurement device detects the temperature at fixed first time intervals. Detected temperature values are stored in a memory once a predetermined first limit temperature has been exceeded. Storage of detected temperature values is suspended once a predetermined second limit temperature has been undershot or after a predetermined duration has elapsed after the first limit temperature has been exceeded. The stored temperature values are compared with reference temperature values. A deviation between the temperature values and the reference temperature values is determined. A counter and/or a display device are/is actuated when a deviation is determined within a predetermined tolerance range.
A surgical fixation system includes at least one anchoring element with an anchoring portion for anchoring to a bone and with a receiving portion for a stabilization element for connecting to a further anchoring element. The stabilization element is arrangeable and fixable in the receiving portion with a fixing element. The fixation system includes an abutment element arranged on the receiving portion. The receiving portion abuts against the anchoring portion for the placement of the stabilization element. The abutment element has at least one deformation region for deforming in dependence on a fixing force of the fixing element acting on the stabilization element.
A filter covering for a sterile container lid, for completely covering at least one gas exchange portion, which is provided on a lid component of the sterile container lid, on an outside of the sterile container lid, the filter covering having at least two clip portions arranged opposite to each other on the filter covering, which are adapted to engage in a form-fitting manner in at least two clip receiving portions provided on the lid component, and by which the filter covering is mountable to and dismountable from the lid component without tools.
A61B 50/30 - Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments
A medical instrument, for example an impact instrument, and a method for producing a medical instrument. The medical instrument includes a proximal end and a distal end. A handle and a striking face facing in a proximal direction are arranged or formed on the proximal end. A tool instrument is arranged or formed on the distal end. An instrument shaft of the instrument extends from the proximal end to the tool element. The handle is configured in the form of a hollow handle.
A sterile packaging for sterile medicinal products, in particular implants, forms at least one, or in case of a multiple sterile packaging, at least one first sterile barrier and an outer second sterile barrier, separate and independent from the first sterile barrier, and which is accommodated in an outer packaging. The outer packaging is made of a composite material that includes cardboard and at least one coating or film, and is designed and intended to form the second sterile barrier of the sterile packaging.
A61B 50/30 - Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments
A61F 2/00 - Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
A medical instrument and a semi-finished instrument. The semi-finished instrument includes an instrument body part blank for forming an instrument body part of the medical instrument. The instrument body part blank is made of a metal, in particular an instrument steel. The semi-finished instrument also includes a distal end region and a recess on the distal end region for accommodating a hard metal element. The recess has an abutment face for the hard metal element. The instrument body part blank includes a solder chamber for accommodating solder. The solder chamber is fluidically connected to the recess.
A medical decoupling instrument for decoupling a medical insertion instrument from a pedicle screw includes a shaft and a sleeve arranged around a portion of the shaft. The sleeve is configured for defined coupling to the medical insertion instrument. The shaft is rotatable relative to the sleeve, and the medical decoupling instrument is configured to bring the shaft and the sleeve autonomously and automatically into a defined starting position. A medical arrangement includes at least the medical decoupling instrument and a medical insertion instrument.
A surgical milling cutter includes a shaft for rotary-driven coupling to a drive unit about a rotation axis extending in the longitudinal direction of the shaft. The surgical milling cutter has a milling cutter head arranged distally on the shaft. The milling cutter head has at least two teeth with respective cutting edges for rotary subtractive machining of tissue. The cutting edges are each designed for subtractive machining of tissue both in the distal direction and in the lateral direction. A chip space is formed as a free space between circumferentially adjacent teeth. Each chip space, on the side of the rotation axis facing towards the respective cutting edge, extends from the cutting edge into a region on the side of the rotation axis facing away from the cutting edge.
A sterilization container for receiving cleaned or sterilized medical goods or medical goods to be cleaned or sterilized. The container includes a sterilization container lower part forming a receiving space for the goods and a sterilization container lid that can be detachably mounted on the sterilization container lower part to seal the receiving space. At least one handle element is located on the sterilization container lower part and can be positioned between a carrying position projecting from the sterilization container lid and a locking position that locks the sterilization container lid to the sterilization container lower part. A receiving region is formed in the sterilization container lid for receiving the handle element in the locking position. The receiving region is a trough like handle recess in the form of a depression projecting into the receiving space with respect to the lid plane for receiving the entire handle element.
An intervertebral implant for insertion into an intervertebral disc space between two adjacent vertebral bodies of a human or animal spine. The intervertebral implant has an implant top side, which defines a first vertebral body abutment face for abutting against a first vertebral body, and an implant bottom side, which defines a second vertebral body abutment face for abutting against a second vertebral body. The intervertebral implant comprises a frame structure with at least two support elements. The at least two support elements extend from the implant top side to the implant bottom side. The at least two support elements define support element longitudinal axes, which run transversely, in particular perpendicularly, to the first and/or second vertebral body abutment face.
A polyaxial pedicle screw has a screw shaft and a screw head with a substantially spherical base shape. The polyaxial pedicle screw is mounted in a receiving sleeve or area. An insertion sleeve can be pressed against the screw head to determine a relative pivot position between the receiving sleeve or area and the screw shaft. Two pivot guide or pivot restriction units each have at least one extension projecting radially and in the longitudinal direction of the screw beyond the spherical base shape of the screw head. The extensions form stops on their radial outer surfaces and are positioned to permit relative pivoting of the screw shaft and the area or receiving sleeve only in one pivoting plane, and to abut in a supporting manner against a radially inner circumferential side of the area or receiving sleeve during relative pivoting in another pivoting plane.
A sterile container for sterilizable medical goods includes a receiving space for the medical goods and a data acquisition unit for acquiring parameter data of influencing variables that act on the sterile container. The sterile container includes an NFC module with at least one sensor for acquiring sterility-relevant and/or sterilization-relevant data and a data logger for recording and storing data from the sensor at a recording interval. The sterile container can be monitored by a method that is automatic and sterile-container-specific.
A61B 90/98 - Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders
A61B 50/30 - Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
A61L 2/28 - Devices for testing the effectiveness or completeness of sterilisation, e.g. indicators which change colour
B65D 6/08 - Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of metal, plastics, wood or substitutes therefor of skeleton or like apertured construction, e.g. made of interwoven or intermeshing flexible material
A pedicle screw with a receiving sleeve and a screw head includes a distal pivoting section that can be or is pivotally inserted into the receiving sleeve and a proximal holding section that can be or is inserted in a fixed position in the receiving sleeve, which are integrally connected to one another, in particular are manufactured in one piece, via at least one preferably elastically and/or plastically deformable web in such a way that they can be pivoted relative to one another about a pivot axis extending transversely to a longitudinal axis of a screw.
A surgical instrument handpiece for a surgical instrument, a corresponding surgical instrument, a corresponding medical product set having the surgical instrument handpiece in combination with at least one accessory, a corresponding rinsing device, and a corresponding cleaning method for the internal flushing of the surgical instrument handpiece. The surgical instrument handpiece includes a handle section for proximal handling by an operator and a shaft section that extends from the handle section in a distal longitudinal direction. A tool is arranged or arrangeable by a user in a distal outlet opening of the shaft section at the distal end opposite the handle section. The shaft section has at least one narrowed distal tip section with a reduced cross-sectional area in the region of the distal outlet opening.
A device and a method for measuring temperature. At least one illumination device emits light with an illumination spectrum into tissue. At least one detector receives the diffuse reflection of the light with a remission spectrum from the tissue. The detector converts the remission spectrum into a detector signal. The detector signal is sent to a computing unit that calculates a remission spectrum from the detector signal. The computing unit calculates an absorption spectrum of the tissue by comparing the illumination spectrum with the remission spectrum, calculates at least one absorption maximum from the absorption spectrum, and calculates a temperature in the tissue by comparing the absorption maximum with at least one reference.
A medical cross connector, a corresponding matching torque wrench, and a corresponding medical product set that includes the medical cross connector in combination with at least one bone implant and/or other matching surgical accessory. The medical cross connector includes a cross strut for connecting two longitudinal rods that can be brought into operative engagement for orientation of vertebrae of a spinal column, and at least one clamping head mounted pivotably on the cross strut in an angular bearing. The clamping head has a rod receptacle and a clamping screw. A clamping tooth applies a clamping force to one of the longitudinal rods when the rod is inserted into the rod receptacle. The clamping tooth is mounted pivotably about a pivot axis via a floating bearing. The floating bearing permits a pivoting movement and a lateral movement of the pivot axis of the clamping tooth.
A medical instrument with a distal and a proximal end. A first tool element and a second tool element are arranged or formed on the distal end so as to be movable relative to one another. The tool elements define a tool element direction of extent from proximal to distal. The first tool element defines a first tool element face and the second tool element defines a second tool element face. The first tool element face and the second tool element face face toward one another. The tool elements define in the region of their tool element faces a width. The widths extend in a direction transverse to the tool element direction of extent and transverse to a surface normal of the first tool element face and/or the second tool element face.
A method for measuring temperature includes emitting light with an illumination spectrum into a tissue with at least one illumination, receiving the remission of light with a remission spectrum from the tissue using at least one detector, converting the remission spectrum into a detector signal, sending the detector signal to a calculating unit, calculating a first theoretical remission spectrum based on a solution for describing the propagation of light in the tissue with the calculating unit, assuming estimated volume fractions of the individual tissue components, adapting the theoretical remission spectrum to the measured remission spectrum, and calculating at least one volume fraction of a tissue component from the remissions spectrum using a minimization algorithm, which is used by the calculating unit to adapt the theoretical remission spectrum to the measured remission spectrum using variations in the volume fractions of the individual tissue components which are present in the tissue.
A medical instrument, medical treatment system and method of assembly. The medical instrument has an instrument body with an RFID tag. An underfloor tag holder receives the RFID tag to fix it in position in such a way that the RFID tag is exposed to the surroundings of the instrument via an opening formed in an instrument body surface, but is set back from the instrument body surface to preferably prevent protrusion beyond the instrument body surface. At least portions of the underfloor tag holder with the RFID tag are enclosed by a separate metal shield having a signal-permeable aperture opening.
A61B 90/98 - Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders
G06K 19/07 - Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards with integrated circuit chips
87.
OPEN-PORE SURGICAL VESSEL CLIP FOR CLOSING BLOOD VESSELS
A surgical vessel clip, an applicator, a medical product set, and a powder metallurgical molding method for manufacturing of the vessel clip. The surgical vessel clip includes an elongate first and an elongate second retaining arm portion. The first and second retaining arm portions can be flexibly interconnected at an end of each retaining arm portion by a connecting portion. The first and second retaining arm portions include, at another end of each retaining arm portion, respective closure portions. Inner surfaces of the first and second retaining arm portions can be brought closer to each other from an open position to a closed position and can be connected to each other. At least one clip inner surface portion of the vessel clip has an open-porous design with at least one integrally formed pore, preferably with a plurality of the pores.
A method for determining a switch-off time of a medical instrument includes measuring the duration for which the temperature of a tissue is above 85° Celsius, preferably above 95° Celsius, calculating, preferably online, the mean temperature from the first time when 85° Celsius, preferably 95° Celsius is reached, measuring and/or calculating the energy input until 85° Celsius, preferably 95° Celsius, and preferably below 110° Celsius, preferably below 100° Celsius is reached, calculating a parameter SP, which links the above mentioned results, and switches off at a predetermined value. The method can be practiced with a medical instrument as well as an application and a storage medium.
A medical sliding shaft instrument includes a tool element carrier, a tubular sliding shaft surrounding the tool element carrier and defining a sliding direction, and an actuating device for moving the sliding shaft relative to the tool element carrier in the distal direction. At least one tool element is arranged or movably mounted on the distal end of the tool element carrier. The at least one tool element is arranged or formed so as to cooperate with a distal end region of the sliding shaft in such a way that the at least one tool element is moved as a result of a movement of the sliding shaft in the distal direction. The sliding shaft instrument further comprises a locking device for blocking a movement of the sliding shaft relative to the tool element carrier in at least one advancing position.
A61B 17/128 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels or umbilical cord for applying or removing clamps or clips
A medical instrument includes an apparatus for detecting activation cycles of the instrument. First and second parts of the instrument are movable relative to each other in an activation cycle. An energy detection coil detects inductively generated energy. An energy-generating magnet inductively generates energy to be detected by the energy detection coil. In the event of movement of the first movable part and the second movable part relative to each other, the energy-generating magnet is movable in a detection region of the energy detection coil and induces energy. A memory and processing device has a counter, detects a voltage signal based on the induced energy during each relative movement, increases the counter by one for each detection of the voltage signal, and counts the number of activation cycles of the instrument. In an alternative embodiment, the voltage signal is generated using a voltage created by a piezoelectric element.
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
G01R 31/00 - Arrangements for testing electric properties; Arrangements for locating electric faults; Arrangements for electrical testing characterised by what is being tested not provided for elsewhere
An implant system includes at least two differing color-coded implants and at least two differing color-coded medical instruments. A color coding of the at least two instruments corresponds to a color coding of the at least two implants. The coding of the at least two medical instruments includes at least one coding element. The at least two medical instruments each comprise a first tool element and at least one second tool element for jointly handling one of the at least two implants. The first tool element and the at least one second tool element are movable relative to one another and are arranged or formed on a distal end of the respective instrument. The at least two instruments each include an actuating device.
A61B 90/92 - Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags coded with colour
A61B 17/128 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels or umbilical cord for applying or removing clamps or clips
A touch/orientation apparatus having, for orienting a saw template: an adjusting element, a moving element having a profiled indentation, a feeler that is movable relative to the adjusting element, a scale for measuring the height of the adjusting element relative to the moving element, at least one first stop formed on the adjusting element, and at least one second stop formed on the scale or acting as a scale and being provided and adapted to function as a resistance to the first stop. The second stop and/or the first stop resiliently deflects the respective other stop.
A medical technology device for positioning and/or orientating an object relative to a patient while directly visualizing on the patient geometric information that is object-specific and relates to the object's position and/or orientation. The device includes a template that co-operates with the object to be positioned and/or to be oriented, and an optical marking unit that is coupled to the template in a specific position, for visualizing the object-specific geometric information.
A method for producing a medical hand-held instrument having two grip elements, pivotable relative to each other, and a spring element, with the method steps to be performed in the following sequence: providing the two grip elements each with a pivot-pin receiver eyelet formed thereon, at their one end portion and an articulation eyelet for the spring element formed thereon, providing the spring element with pivot pins arranged at or formed integrally with each spring end, inserting the pivot pins of the spring element into the articulation eyelets of the grip elements not yet pivotally coupled to each other, and bringing together the grip elements in the region of their pivot pin receiver eyelets and pivotally coupling the grip elements by inserting a pivot pin into the overlapping pivot pin receiver eyelets.
A tibial trial insert includes an upper plate and lower plate. An adjustment arrangement between the upper and lower plates is actuatable to adjust a gap between the upper and lower plates. The adjustment arrangement includes a first lift with a first lever arm arrangement and a second lift with a second lever arm arrangement. Each lever arm arrangement is indirectly connected to the upper and lower plates and pivotally movable to vary its length and adjust the gap between the upper and lower plates. The first lift includes an actuator coupled to the first lever arm arrangement. Actuation of the actuator varies the length of the first lever arm arrangement. The adjustment arrangement includes a coupling that couples the second lift to the first lift and configured such that the length of the second lever arm arrangement is varied synchronously to the first lever arm arrangement.
A handle, preferably for a lid of a medical sieve basket, and a method of forming a handle. The handle includes a base body having a handle bar and at least one holding portion adjoining the handle bar, and at least one eyelet-shaped or bent fixing lug arranged at an end of the holding portion opposite the handle bar for pivotal mounting of the handle. The base body is formed of a planar sheet metal that includes at least one lug-like projection at the end of the holding portion opposite the handle bar. The projection is bent to form the fixing lug. The handle can be pivotally secured to a lid.
An aligning device and a fixing clamp for an aligning device for fixing and clamping a body extremity. The fixing clamp includes a first clamp arm, a second clamp arm, and a support fork or trough. The support fork or trough includes first and second support legs. The clamp also includes a section for mounting on or connecting to an adjusting rod, and first and second articulation joints on the support fork. The first clamp arm is rotatably articulated at one of the articulation joints about a first rotational axis, and the second clamp arm is rotatably articulated at the other of the articulation joints about a second rotational axis. The first articulation joint is displaceably mounted on the first support leg, and/or the second articulation joint is displaceably mounted on the second support leg of the support fork or trough.
A branch-crossed surgical instrument includes a female branch and a male branch, each branch having a terminal portion over the longitudinal extension thereof. The terminal portion of the female branch is passed through by a passage opening, which has a distal and a proximal longitudinal end surface, each having two outer edges and adjusted to receive the terminal portion of the male branch such that the two terminal portions form a plug-through closure in an assembly position of the instrument. The passage opening has a length, wherein the outer edges of the longitudinal end surfaces are exposed in all relative positions of the two branches, in particular in a completely closed position and/or in a completely opened position of the instrument, and not covered by the male branch.
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges